Planning & Urban Development

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Part 2: Sustainable Community Building Blocks Energy Efficiency and Renewables From: Toward Sustainable Communities View New Society Publishers	Canadians and Americans consume more energy per capita than any other nation. Environmental impacts of our consumptive lifestyles include ozone layer depletion, acid rain, smog, potential climate …	Marc Roseland	16	2012	$1.60 Add
From Part 2: Sustainable Community Building Blocks Transportation Planning and Traffic Management From: Toward Sustainable Communities View New Society Publishers	Unsustainable transport systems not only are a major contributor to atmosphere change, but also lead to increasing congestion, longer commuting times, increasing demands for shorter work hours to …	Marc Roseland	19	2012	$1.90 Add
From Part 2: Sustainable Community Building Blocks Land Use and Urban Form From: Toward Sustainable Communities View New Society Publishers	Sustainable land use can help invigorate communities, and provide considerable environmental, economic, social, and cultural benefits. Redeveloping and reusing existing buildings and land can …	Marc Roseland	21	2012	$2.10 Add
From Part 2: Sustainable Community Building Blocks Housing and Community Development From: Toward Sustainable Communities View New Society Publishers	Community development requires good urban design to foster connection and neighborliness, and programs, policies, and initiatives to encourage healthy human interaction, including safety, …	Marc Roseland	14	2012	$1.40 Add
From NEW! Part I Politics and People: Cases in Council-Staff Relations From: Local Government in Practice View Emond Montgomery	This first chapter considers the relationship between staff and elected officials, and discusses the uniqueness of local governance and politics.	Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer	11	2020	$1.10 Add
From NEW! Part II Cases in Finances From: Local Government in Practice View Emond Montgomery	Part II introduces municipal budgets and the broader municipal financial landscape in Canada.	Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer	11	2020	$1.10 Add
From NEW! Part III Cases in Planning and Economic Development From: Local Government in Practice View Emond Montgomery	Part III gives an orientation to land use planning and economic development issues and processes, highlighting key themes, debates and challenges of municipal government.	Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer	8	2020	$0.80 Add
From NEW! Part IV Intergovernmental Relations From: Local Government in Practice View Emond Montgomery	Part IV looks at the power imbalances and other complexities that emerge as local governments interact with higher levels of government to tackle policy solutions that require multiple levels of …	Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer	10	2020	$1.00 Add
From NEW! Part V Cases in Local Policy-Making From: Local Government in Practice View Emond Montgomery	Part V examines municipal policy issues and provides an overview of the policy-making process. Each chapter, while presenting a specific issue from a specific perspective, also more closely …	Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer	13	2020	$1.30 Add
From Patterns of Water Use From: Dry Run View New Society Publishers	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, …	Jerry Yudelson	13	2010	$1.30 Add
From NEW! Pious Irrelevancies From: Seven Days in Halifax View Formac Publishing	In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of Day Four of Halifax’s 1970 “Encounter on Urban Environment,” focusing on sessions discussing Nova Scotia’s arts and culture …	Robert Ashe	9	2025	$0.90 Add
From Pipe Dreams From: No Place To Go View Coach House Books	The author details several creative, artistic ways various cities are acknowledging the need for accessible public toilets.	Lezlie Lowe	15	2018	$1.50 Add
From NEW! Planning for Access. Planning for Change. From: Living Disability View Coach House Books	Sarah Manteuffel writes about her experiences creating more accessible communities as a community planner, and describes ways for more inclusive planning practices.	Sarah Manteuffel	7	2024	$0.70 Add
From NEW! Planning for an Unplanned City From: Messy Cities View Coach House Books	Jason Thorne argues for factoring in “messy urbanism” and its challenges into how we plan our cities and to move away from a more top-down approach to city-building.	Dylan Reid	6	2025	$0.60 Add
From NEW! Planning Smart Cities The Dream of the Smart City From: Dream States View Coach House Books	The Dream of the Smart City: Part 3 explores planning smart cities. Topics discussed include transportation, census data, what is meant by urban ‘blight’, public and city …	John Lorinc	15	2022	$1.50 Add
From Policies to Support Housing From: Scandinavian Common Sense View Baraka Books	Housing conditions can have major impacts on physical and psychological health; as such, efforts to reduce social inequalities in health include fighting for access to decent housing. This …	Dominique Côté; Marie-France Raynault; Sébastien Chartrand	6	2015	$0.60 Add