Planning & Urban Development
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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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 Toward Sustainable CommunitiesSolutions 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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From  NEW! Tower Communities Are What We Make ThemFrom: Messy Cities |
Ajeev Bhatia explores the apartment tower communities in and around Toronto. | Dylan Reid | 3 | 2025 | $0.30 Add |
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From  Urban Water CrisesFrom: Dry Run |
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, … | Jerry Yudelson | 21 | 2010 | $2.10 Add |
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From Urban Water ManagementFrom: Dry Run |
What are the opportunities for urban water management in the coming decade, the second of this century? Where should cities be looking for means and methods to meet their water supply … | Jerry Yudelson | 22 | 2010 | $2.20 Add |
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From  Visible from SpaceFrom: Charging Ahead |
This chapter looks at Hydro-Quebec, criticisms, and environmental concerns. | Jean-Benoît Nadeau; Julie Barlow | 17 | 2019 | $1.70 Add |
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From  Void Where ProhibitedFrom: No Place To Go |
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 … | Lezlie Lowe | 20 | 2018 | $2.00 Add |
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From Waiting for a MiracleFrom: No Place To Go |
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 … | Lezlie Lowe | 13 | 2018 | $1.30 Add |
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From  Walmart on wheelsLabour and unions |
Chapter nine of Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? examines the labour and union aspects of the three revolutions in automobility as well as of public transit, and finds that carpooling apps in … | James Wilt | 18 | 2020 | $1.80 Add |
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From War and PeesFrom: No Place To Go |
This chapter considers the issue of gender and public washrooms, particularly the needs and preferences of transgender people. | Lezlie Lowe | 20 | 2018 | $2.00 Add |
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From  NEW! Was Sidewalk Toronto a PR Experiment or a Development ProposalFrom: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs |
Chapter 6 asks the question of whether Toronto’s Sidewalk Labs project was a realistic urban development program or a PR stunt by Google to market their products on a large stage. | David Murakami Wood | 8 | 2020 | $0.80 Add |
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From  NEW! Water and Sewage: The Original Urban NetworksThe Technology of Cities From: Dream States |
The Technology of Cities: Part 3 explores the original urban networks, water and sewage systems. Topics discussed include the London Fire of 1666, water pumps, sewers and urban health. | John Lorinc | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From Water Use in Commercial and Institutional BuildingsFrom: Dry Run |
Before turning to different ways to reduce urban water demand, in this chapter we’ll get better acquainted with patterns of water use in the commercial, industrial and institutional (CII) … | Jerry Yudelson | 26 | 2010 | $2.60 Add |
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From NEW! We Can Live With ThatFrom: Messy Cities |
Leslie Woo writes about the plan to evolve the Greater Golden Horseshoe region within Canada in the early 2000’s, and how bureaucratic short-sightedness eroded the plan’s potential and original … | Dylan Reid | 7 | 2025 | $0.70 Add |
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From NEW! What Is Safety?From: Messy Cities |
Kimahli Powell uses their experience with the Toronto-based charity, Rainbow Railroad, to explore what it means to provide a safe community for LGBTQIA+ individuals amidst a housing crisis. | Dylan Reid | 7 | 2025 | $0.70 Add |
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From  NEW! What the Eye Doesn’t See, It Walks IntoFrom: Living Disability |
Claire Steep discusses the accessibility problems within Canadian transportation hubs, including in downtown Toronto, and compares her experience with that of in the United Kingdom. | Claire Steep | 9 | 2024 | $0.90 Add |
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From NEW! Why Can’t We Sell Stuff Anyplace?From: Messy Cities |
John Lorinc discusses zoning rules that govern commercial activity, and the history of urban retail in cities around the world. | Dylan Reid | 8 | 2025 | $0.80 Add |
