Planning & Urban Development

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
NEW! Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? Public Transit in the Age of Google, Uber, and Elon Musk Between The Lines	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! Ideology over Economics P3s in an Age of Austerity Fernwood Publishing	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 Practice Cases in Governance, Planning and Policy Emond Montgomery	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 Go How Public Toilets Fail our Private Needs Coach House Books	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
NEW! On Borrowed Time North America's Next Big Quake Goose Lane Editions	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! Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs Independent experts analyze often-controversial schemes from Nunavut to Montreal to Toronto’s failed Sidewalk Labs waterfront scheme James Lorimer and Company	"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 Communities Solutions for Citizens and Their Governments - Fourth Edition New Society Publishers	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 Thrones From: No Place To Go Preview Coach House Books	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! Introduction Smart Cities in Canada From: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs Preview James Lorimer and Company	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 NEW! Introduction The slow bleed From: Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? Preview Between The Lines	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 NEW! Introduction Christchurch and what it means for North America From: On Borrowed Time Preview Goose Lane Editions	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 NEW! Preface From: Local Government in Practice Preview Emond Montgomery	An introduction to the structure and purpose of the book and author acknowledgements.	Joseph Lyons; Zachary Spicer	4	2020	$0.40 Add
From NEW! Preface From: Ideology over Economics Preview Fernwood Publishing	In this section the author outlines his background as well as providing a list of terms and initialisms that will be used throughout the rest of the text.	John Loxley	9	2020	$0.90 Add
From NEW! About the Authors From: Local Government in Practice Preview Emond Montgomery	Author biographies.	Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer	2	2020	$0.20 Add
From NEW! Chapter One Unearthing the risk in Cascadia From: On Borrowed Time Preview Goose Lane Editions	This chapter examines officials’ attempts to downplay or dismiss the risk of earthquakes since the discovery of the North American Pacific West Coast. Pieces together the events of the …	Gregor Craigie	20	2021	$2.00 Add
From NEW! Off the rails A brief history of automotive domination From: Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? Preview Between The Lines	opens with a critique of Elon Musk’s damning opinion of public transit, before diving into a short history of how the automobile became the dominant transport option in North America. He …	James Wilt	17	2020	$1.70 Add

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