Planning & Urban Development
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From  NEW! A Beach Like No OtherFrom: Messy Cities |
Shari Kasman writes about Bloordale Beach, a guerrilla art project that grew organically among the community as a creative placemaking initiative. | Dylan Reid | 9 | 2025 | $0.90 Add |
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From  NEW! A Brief Introduction to Local Government |
This chapter orients the reader to the scope, brief history, language, legal frameworks, municipal structures and politics of local government in Canada. It also introduces the case study … | Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer | 30 | 2020 | $3.00 Add |
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From  NEW! A Changing Chinatown: On Gentrification and ResilienceFrom: White Riot |
In this chapter, Ma explores Vancouver’s Chinatown: its history, the impact of gentrification and new urban developments, and the resilience of its community members. | Melody 馬勻雅 Ma | 8 | 2023 | $0.80 Add |
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From NEW! A Farewell to El Gran BurritoFrom: Messy Cities |
The authors lament the loss of a beloved burrito establishment, unique in design and how it co-existed with its surroundings in a gentrifying Los Angeles neighbourhood. | Dylan Reid | 5 | 2025 | $0.50 Add |
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From NEW! A Food Map of TorontoFrom: Messy Cities |
Karon Liu discusses their mental map of Toronto according to grocery stores, restaurants, and hidden gems. | Dylan Reid | 6 | 2025 | $0.60 Add |
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From NEW! A Lifeline at the DoorFrom: Messy Cities |
Dr. Eileen de Villa writes about supervised consumption sites, their importance to the physical health, mental wellbeing, and community of their clients, as well as their perceived messiness by others. | Dylan Reid | 5 | 2025 | $0.50 Add |
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From  A New FrontierP3s and First Nations From: Ideology over Economics |
Who Is Promoting P3s for First Nations? First Nations and PPP Projects: An Inventory The Argument for First Nations to Use the P3 Model P3s Won’t Fix the First Nations Infrastructure Gap | John Loxley | 9 | 2020 | $0.90 Add |
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From  A Tour de ForceFrom: Charging Ahead |
This chapter explores just how impressive Hydro-Quebec and its services are, considering H-Q have one of the biggest power systems on the continent with the "most reliable service." The … | Jean-Benoît Nadeau; Julie Barlow | 20 | 2019 | $2.00 Add |
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From NEW! About the Authors |
Author biographies. | Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer | 2 | 2020 | $0.20 Add |
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From  NEW! Accessible Housing Is a Human RightFrom: Living Disability |
David Meyers writes about accessible housing as a human right. He explains that governments across Canada do not meet the needs of disabled people for accessible housing, and that disability-led … | David Meyers | 12 | 2024 | $1.20 Add |
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From All the Same Problems and MoreAre P3s the Answer to Africa’s Infrastructure Needs? From: Ideology over Economics |
The Infrastructure Gap in Africa Extent of Private Involvement in African Infrastructure Trends in P3s in Africa Legal and Infrastructural Provisions for P3s in Africa Claims Made for P3s … | John Loxley | 11 | 2020 | $1.10 Add |
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From  NEW! An Activist Perspective on the Sidewalk ProjectFrom: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs |
Chapter 5 explores the impact of Toronto’s Sidewalk Labs project from the perspective of Labour organization and activism. | Nick de Carlo | 11 | 2020 | $1.10 Add |
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From NEW! An Argument Worth HavingFrom: Messy Cities |
Chiyi Tam explains how conflict within communities has the capacity to net positive and democratic results, using her role in the Toronto Chinatown Land Trust as a key example. | Dylan Reid | 8 | 2025 | $0.80 Add |
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From NEW! Another Fine Mess About RegionalismFrom: Messy Cities |
Sabine Matheson writes about her experience as an advisor to the government that debated the amalgamation of Toronto in the late 1990’s. | Dylan Reid | 5 | 2025 | $0.50 Add |
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From  AppendicesFrom: Dry Run |
Glossary of Terms, Resources, List of Interviews | Jerry Yudelson | 10 | 2010 | $1.00 Add |
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From Asking the Right QuestionsA Guide for Municipalities Considering P3s From: Ideology over Economics |
Finance, Cost and Revenues Value for Money and Risk Transfer Quality of Public Services and the Public Interest P3s, Municipalities and Alternatives Ten Essential Questions to Ask | John Loxley | 26 | 2020 | $2.60 Add |
