Urban Issues

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The Police and the Politics of Overstating Harm

The Police and the Politics of Overstating Harm

From: Conflict Is Not Abuse

This chapter examines the expression of overstating harm in which the police are called or the state is invoked in matters where Conflict is misrepresented as Abuse. In trying to understand how … 36 $1.08 Add
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The Politics of Smart Cities
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The Politics of Smart Cities

The Dream of the Smart City

From: Dream States

The Dream of the Smart City: part 10 explores the politics of smart cities. Topics discussed include politics, think tanks, Privacy Legislation Reform, Regulatory Procedures, Data Governance, … 17 $1.70 Add
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The Quagmire of Mobility Tech
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The Quagmire of Mobility Tech

The Dream of the Smart City

From: Dream States

The Dream of the Smart City: Part 6 explores urban mobility. Topics discussed include electrification, transportation, bike-share programs, walkability, the use of public space, autonomous … 17 $1.70 Add
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The Selling of Toronto’s Smart City
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The Selling of Toronto’s Smart City

From: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs

Chapter 1 explores the stakeholders who initially pitched the partnership between the city of Toronto and Google’s urban planning division Sidewalk Labs. 16 $1.60 Add
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The Shame of (Ignoring) the Cities

The Shame of (Ignoring) the Cities

From: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition

2001 article by Caroline Andrew arguing that Canadian cities must have a larger governance role, and describing how they can achieve it. ; ; 5 $0.50 Add
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The Special Case of AI and Big Data–Based Policing
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The Special Case of AI and Big Data–Based Policing

The Dream of the Smart City

From: Dream States

The Dream of the Smart City: Part 8 explores data-based policing. Topics discussed include facial recognition, surveillance networks., data-intensive policing technologies, and algorithms. 17 $1.70 Add
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The Utopianism of Smart City Megaprojects
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The Utopianism of Smart City Megaprojects

The Dream of the Smart City

From: Dream States

The Dream of the Smart City: Part 9 explores megaprojects. Topics discussed include profits, the rise of entrepreneurial urbanization,’ the quasi-privatized new cities, and the examples of … 11 $1.10 Add
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Them’s the Brakes
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Them’s the Brakes

Out “Smarting” Traffic Safety Efforts in Edmonton

From: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs

Chapter 11 explores the ways in which the public resists the implementation of smart city technologies 15 $1.50 Add
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Theological Reflections on Poverty

Theological Reflections on Poverty

From: Persistent Poverty

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These Walls, These Roads
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These Walls, These Roads

From: Messy Cities

Ameer Idreis chronicles the hardship of Palestinians living under Israeli control, but reminisces about his connections with the land. 12 $1.20 Add
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Thinking Twice About Consultation
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Thinking Twice About Consultation

From: Messy Cities

Lorne Cappe writes about his experience as a consultant on a supportive house project within Toronto, and the intense pushback he received in public engagement. 8 $0.80 Add
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Positive Adaption in Adversity

Positive Adaption in Adversity

From: Staying Alive While Living The Life

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Understanding The Experiences of Homeless Youth Differently

Understanding The Experiences of Homeless Youth Differently

From: Staying Alive While Living The Life

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Was Sidewalk Toronto a PR Experiment or a Development Proposal
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Was Sidewalk Toronto a PR Experiment or a Development Proposal

From: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs

Chapter 6 asks the question of whether Toronto’s Sidewalk Labs project was a realistic urban development program or a PR stunt by Google to market their products on a large stage. 8 $0.80 Add
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Water and Sewage: The Original Urban Networks
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Water and Sewage: The Original Urban Networks

The Technology of Cities

From: Dream States

The Technology of Cities: Part 3 explores the original urban networks, water and sewage systems. Topics discussed include the London Fire of 1666, water pumps, sewers and urban health. 10 $1.00 Add
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We Can Live With That
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We Can Live With That

From: Messy Cities

Leslie Woo writes about the plan to evolve the Greater Golden Horseshoe region within Canada in the early 2000’s, and how bureaucratic short-sightedness eroded the plan’s potential and original … 7 $0.70 Add