Planning & Urban Development
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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Charging AheadHydro-Québec and the Future of Electricity |
Hydro-Québec manages one of the largest power grids on the continent. It is among the most profitable, the least expensive and the greenest. With a stunning renewable energy rate of 99.8 … | Jean-Benoît Nadeau; Julie Barlow | 320 | 2019 | View |
Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars?Public Transit in the Age of Google, Uber, and Elon Musk |
Public transportation is in crisis. Through an assessment of the history of automobility in North America, the “three revolutions” in automotive transportation, as well as the current … | James Wilt | 306 | 2020 | View |
NEW! Dream StatesSmart Cities, Technology, and the Pursuit of Urban Utopias |
Is the ‘smart city’ the utopia we’ve been waiting for? The promise of the so-called smart city has been at the forefront of urban planning and development since the early 2010s, … | John Lorinc | 290 | 2022 | View |
NEW! Every Cyclist’s Guide to Canadian LawSecond edition |
Whether you are a cycling commuter, the parent of a child with their first two-wheeler, a recreational rider, or a racer, the chances are you will need this book. In this second edition … | Christopher Waters | 248 | 2022 | View |
Ideology over EconomicsP3s in an Age of Austerity |
Public private partnerships in which the private sector takes on roles previously carried out by the public sector have been heavily promoted in the provision of infrastructure throughout the … | John Loxley | 268 | 2020 | View |
NEW! Local Government in PracticeCases in Governance, Planning and Policy |
Local Government in Practice: Cases in Governance, Planning, and Policy equips students to effectively deal with contemporary challenges within local government. Through a series of … | Zachary Spicer | 330 | 2020 | View |
No Place To GoHow Public Toilets Fail our Private Needs |
This book is Number One in addressing the politics of where we’re allowed to "go" in public. Adults don’t talk about the business of doing our business. We work on one … | Lezlie Lowe | 209 | 2018 | View |
On Borrowed TimeNorth America's Next Big Quake |
Mention the word earthquake and most people think of California. But while the Golden State shakes on a regular basis, Washington State, Oregon, and British Columbia are located in a … | Gregor Craigie | 248 | 2021 | View |
NEW! Resisting EvictionDomicide and the Financialization of Rental Housing |
Resisting Eviction centres tenant organizing in its investigation of gentrification, eviction and the financialization of rental housing. Andrew Crosby argues that racial discrimination, property … | Andrew Crosby | 188 | 2023 | View |
NEW! Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate DesignsIndependent experts analyze often-controversial schemes from Nunavut to Montreal to Toronto’s failed Sidewalk Labs waterfront scheme |
"Smart cities" use surveillance, big data processing and interactive technologies to reshape urban life. Transit riders can see the bus coming on a map on their phones. Cities can … | Alexandra Flynn; Mariana Valverde | 200 | 2020 | View |
Toward Sustainable CommunitiesSolutions for Citizens and Their Governments - Fourth Edition |
The need to make our communities sustainable is more urgent than ever before. Toward Sustainable Communities remains the single most useful resource for creating vibrant, healthy, equitable, … | Marc Roseland | 257 | 2012 | View |
From Game of ThronesFrom: No Place To Go |
This first chapter makes the case for public washrooms through personal and anecdotal stories of the paradox they present: everyone needs them and thinks about them often, and yet they are … | Lezlie Lowe | 12 | 2018 | $1.20 Add |
From NEW! IntroductionSmart Cities in Canada From: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs |
The introduction provides a general definition of what constitutes a “Smart City” as well as exploring what prompted the authors of this title to write about smart cities in Canada. | Alexandra Flynn; Mariana Valverde | 14 | 2020 | $1.40 Add |
From IntroductionThe slow bleed |
The introduction of Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? begins with a survey of positive and progressive images of public transit throughout the history of science fiction, most recently in the … | James Wilt | 16 | 2020 | $1.60 Add |
From IntroductionChristchurch and what it means for North America From: On Borrowed Time |
An examination of the destruction and tragedy of the Christchurch, New Zealand earthquake, as well as its implications for metropolitan cities in North America. | Gregor Craigie | 14 | 2021 | $1.40 Add |
From IntroductionThe Future of Electricity From: Charging Ahead |
Jean-Benoît Nadeau; Julie Barlow | 11 | 2019 | $1.10 Add |