Planning & Urban Development

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Local Government in Practice

Cases 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 … 330 View

No Place To Go

How 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 … 209 View

Toward Sustainable Communities

Solutions 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, … 257 View
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Game of Thrones

From: No Place To Go

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 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 … 12 $1.20 Add
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Preface

From: Local Government in Practice

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 An introduction to the structure and purpose of the book and author acknowledgements. ; 4 $0.40 Add
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About the Authors

From: Local Government in Practice

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 Author biographies. ; ; 2 $0.20 Add
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Step 1: Selecting Behaviors

From: Fostering Sustainable Behavior

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 Whether you are developing a program to promote water efficiency, waste reduction, watershed protection, energy efficiency, modal transportation shifts, or virtually any other area related to … 11 $0.11 Add
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Waiting for a Miracle

From: No Place To Go

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 Lowe discusses the gender differences inherent in using the bathroom. She introduces the concept of potty parity, referring to washroom design that takes the needs of women in account in order to … 13 $1.30 Add
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A Brief Introduction to Local Government

From: Local Government in Practice

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 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 … ; ; 30 $3.00 Add
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Canada’s New Carscape:

Town and Country Remade

From: Car Nation

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 1912-1930. Analyzes the spread of the car in popularity and the freedom it represented to Canadians as you could now travel across the country, the changes to cities because of the car, road … 17 $1.70 Add
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Patterns of Water Use

From: Dry Run

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 In this chapter, we look at where water comes from, how it is allocated among various uses and how much each individual uses. We’ll look briefly at water use in cities, homes and offices, … 13 $1.30 Add
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Some Historical Shit

From: No Place To Go

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 This chapter covers sewers, the history of human waste management and public infrastructure design and highlights issues of gender, physical and racial accessibility. 20 $2.00 Add
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“A Very Hostile System In Which To Live”

Aboriginal Electoral Participation

From: In Their Own Voices

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Part I

Politics and People: Cases in Council-Staff Relations

From: Local Government in Practice

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 This first chapter considers the relationship between staff and elected officials, and discusses the uniqueness of local governance and politics. ; ; 11 $1.10 Add
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Urban Water Crises

From: Dry Run

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 Urban water crises are not just a thing of the future, they are happening all around us as long-term reductions in rainfall and runoff tie in with short-term multiyear droughts. In this chapter, … 21 $2.10 Add
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Void Where Prohibited

From: No Place To Go

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 In this chapter, the author demonstrates the importance of reducing public urination and defecation from a health perspective. She then highlights the complex interplay between access to washroom … 20 $2.00 Add