Planning & Urban Development
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From  NEW! Mexico City’s Eclectic Apartment ArchitectureFrom: Messy Cities |
Daniel Gordon writes about Mexico City’s apartment architecture, and the design guidelines across Canada that would label them undesirable, inappropriate, and problematic. | Dylan Reid | 7 | 2025 | $0.70 Add |
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From  Money and powerWhat is to be done? |
The last chapter of Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? nails home the theme of the whole book, that public transit that works for the climate and for all people is a matter of political … | James Wilt | 20 | 2020 | $2.00 Add |
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From  NEW! MontrealThe Ambiguity of the Smart City From: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs |
Chapter 7 explores Montreal’s various projects in the 21st century which were taken with the goal of integrating technology into the urban landscape. The chapter explores how different … | Lyne Nantel | 13 | 2020 | $1.30 Add |
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From  NEW! Moving People: Relocation and Urban RenewalFrom: The Spirit of Africville |
In this chapter, Donald Clairmont describes how the City of Halifax forcibly displaced the residents of Africville in the name of urban renewal. Clairmont explains how the city used bureaucratic … | The Africville Genealogy Society | 22 | 2026 | $2.20 Add |
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From NEW! My TeacherFrom: Messy Cities |
Carolynne Crawley writes about Mama Snapping Turtle, who lives in Toronto’s High Park, and their advocacy work for further Turtle relatives in city parks. | Dylan Reid | 4 | 2025 | $0.40 Add |
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From  NEW! Myths about the Tenant ClassFrom: The Tenant Class |
Ricardo examines societal perceptions of the average Canadian who rents property. Ricardo discusses home ownership as a staple of successful life in Canadian society and the cultural stigma … | Ricardo Tranjan | 14 | 2023 | $1.40 Add |
 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 … | 209 | View | ||
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From NEW! Non-humans (heard and Unheard)From: Messy Cities |
Kite and Robbie Wing discuss workshops they lead, combining Indigenous listening practices and the urban or built environment to inform each participant’s perception of the workshop. | Dylan Reid | 6 | 2025 | $0.60 Add |
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From  Not in My BackyardFrom: Charging Ahead |
This chapter explores Hydro-Quebec’s management of community relations and social acceptability for its projects. | Jean-Benoît Nadeau; Julie Barlow | 14 | 2019 | $1.40 Add |
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From Of Motors and BatteriesFrom: Charging Ahead |
This chapter highlights some of H-Q’s commercial exploits as well as Karim Zaghib’s work and impacts on Hydro-Quebec. | Jean-Benoît Nadeau; Julie Barlow | 13 | 2019 | $1.30 Add |
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From  NEW! Of Omens and ExpectationsFrom: Seven Days in Halifax |
In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of Day One of “Encounter on Urban Environment,” discussing the 12 expert panelists arrival to Halifax. | Robert Ashe | 5 | 2025 | $0.50 Add |
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From Off the railsA brief history of automotive domination |
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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From Old town roadRural and intercity transit |
Chapter eight of Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? looks at how the three revolutions in automobility intersect with rural areas’ transportation needs and with intercity transit, and ends … | James Wilt | 18 | 2020 | $1.80 Add |
 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 … | 248 | View | ||
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From  NEW! One foot in, one foot outThe Trudeau record on infrastructure and public transit From: The Trudeau Record |
This chapter discusses the Trudeau government’s investment in infrastructure and analyzes its commitment to public spending to realize affordable and accessible public transit. | Nate Wallace | 16 | 2024 | $1.60 Add |
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From NEW! Opening NightFrom: Seven Days in Halifax |
In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of Day Two of “Encounter on Urban Environment,” focusing on the event’s first live televised town hall and the Nova Scotia … | Robert Ashe | 13 | 2025 | $1.30 Add |
