Planning & Urban Development
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From  NEW! Remembering WinterFrom: Living Disability |
Emily Macrae writes about the difficulties she has as someone who limps getting around in the snow, as well as her twin brother’s experience in a wheelchair in the winter. She discusses different … | Emily Macrae | 9 | 2024 | $0.90 Add |
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From  Research Methods and DesignFrom: Resisting Eviction |
In this chapter, Crosby provides a methodological blueprint for doing research with social movements. He describes his work with the Herongate Tenant Coalition as political activist ethnography, … | Andrew Crosby | 13 | 2023 | $1.30 Add |
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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 … | 188 | View | ||
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From  Responding to Water Crises: A Tale of Four CitiesFrom: Dry Run |
In chapter 3, we looked at contemporary water crises in Australia, Atlanta and San Diego. We’ll learn what their successes can teach us about how to create effective water conservation … | Jerry Yudelson | 21 | 2010 | $2.10 Add |
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From Revitalization and Settler Colonial “Improvement”From: Resisting Eviction |
In the introductory chapter of this book, Andrew Cosby describes the investigatory purpose of this book and maps out the content covered in the following chapters. | Andrew Crosby | 13 | 2023 | $1.30 Add |
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From  NEW! Riding Your BicycleChapter 2 |
In Riding Your Bicycle Waters outlines the most important legal rules that apply to bicycle riding in Canada. The chapter does this through discussion topics including the statutory definitions … | Christopher Waters | 40 | 2022 | $4.00 Add |
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From  NEW! Ritual HorrorFrom: Seven Days in Halifax |
In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of Day Two of “Encounter on Urban Environment,” discussing the proposed amalgamation of Halifax, Dartmouth, and surrounding rural areas. … | Robert Ashe | 14 | 2025 | $1.40 Add |
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From  Running on emptyClimate and environment |
The third chapter of Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? asserts that deeply recommitting to public transit is a requirement for slowing climate catastrophe. The author demonstrates how each of … | James Wilt | 20 | 2020 | $2.00 Add |
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From NEW! Running Your Bicycle ClubChapter 6 |
In Running Your Bicycle Club Waters examines the legal issues associated with creating and operating a club or organization. The chapter addresses topics including laws for not-for-profit … | Christopher Waters | 36 | 2022 | $3.60 Add |
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From  NEW! Satisfying Our Thirst for AgencyFrom: Messy Cities |
Colin Ellard argues that our desire for messy cities is connected to the desire human beings feel towards the complexity of the natural world. | Dylan Reid | 6 | 2025 | $0.60 Add |
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From  NEW! Science, Technology, and Pandemic CitiesConclusion From: Dream States |
Conclusion: part 1 explores the role of science and technology in pandemic cities and the lessons learned during the Covid-19 pandemic. | John Lorinc | 15 | 2022 | $1.50 Add |
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From NEW! Ship of Theseus: The Power Wheelchair User and the CityFrom: Living Disability |
Angelo Muredda writes about his experience of using a power wheelchair in Toronto, including how it contributes to his mobility, its challenges, and its relationship to his own body. | Emily Macrae | 8 | 2024 | $0.80 Add |
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From  NEW! Singapore: Push vs. Pull Information Sharing — Treating Public Access as a Given, Discussing the role of open data in stimulating innovation through partnerships with government, the private sector, and civil society |
From Open Governments, Secret Canada: Hiding Information Other Countries Share | Matt Malone | 17 | 2026 | $1.70 Add |
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From NEW! Smart Cities and the Origins of Utopian UrbanismThe Dream of the Smart City From: Dream States |
The Dream of the Smart City: Part 2 explores the origins of utopian urbanism. Topics discussed include history of urban planning, the history of ghetto’s, Bauhaus and the Garden City … | John Lorinc | 16 | 2022 | $1.60 Add |
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From  NEW! Smart Cities as a Civic Leaders’ Survivor GameThe Lure of Innovation in a Competitive World From: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs |
Chapter 1 explores what leads municipal governments to persue smart city projects, whether they are seen as a quick and easy fix to deeper underlying infrastructure and urban planning issues, and … | Mariana Valverde | 15 | 2020 | $1.50 Add |
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From NEW! Smart Cities, Big Data, and a Question of TrustThe Dream of the Smart City From: Dream States |
The Dream of the Smart City: Part 4 discusses questions of personal data. Topics discussed include open access, data and privacy, data bias, open data, and municipal dashboards. | John Lorinc | 17 | 2022 | $1.70 Add |
