Planning & Urban Development
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From ![]() There Is No Free LunchP3s in the Global South From: Ideology over Economics |
The Infrastructure Gap in Global South Countries Extent of P3 Activities in Global South Countries P3s and the International Financial Crisis Determinants of P3s Advantages and Disadvantages for … | John Loxley | 52 | 2020 | $5.20 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! These Walls, These RoadsFrom: Messy Cities |
Ameer Idreis chronicles the hardship of Palestinians living under Israeli control, but reminisces about his connections with the land. | Dylan Reid | 12 | 2025 | $1.20 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Thinking Twice About ConsultationFrom: Messy Cities |
Lorne Cappe writes about his experience as a consultant on a supportive house project within Toronto, and the intense pushback he received in public engagement. | Dylan Reid | 8 | 2025 | $0.80 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! To Smell YouFrom: Seven Days in Halifax |
In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of Day Four of Halifax’s 1970 “Encounter on Urban Environment,” focusing on environmental planning.The session focused on activists in … | Robert Ashe | 9 | 2025 | $0.90 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Total ImmersionFrom: Seven Days in Halifax |
In this chapter, Ashe describs what outside experts, Canadian and American, were recruited for Halifax’s “Encounter on Urban Environment,” specifically highlighing civil rights … | Robert Ashe | 9 | 2025 | $0.90 Add |
![]() 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 ![]() NEW! Twenty-First-Century CityFrom: Seven Days in Halifax |
In this chapter, Ashe describes how the “Encounter on Urban Environment” event was organized in Halifax in 1970, and how the event gave citizens the opportunity to hold their … | Robert Ashe | 12 | 2025 | $1.20 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 |












