Planning & Urban Development

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Banquets and Belonging
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Banquets and Belonging

From: Messy Cities

Sneha Mandhan writes about the cultural significance of banquet halls and convention centres. 11 $1.10 Add
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Beyond the Lawn: Meadow or Mess?
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Beyond the Lawn: Meadow or Mess?

From: Messy Cities

Nina-Marie E. Lister writes about challenges posed by Toronto’s bylaw enforcements officers who attempt to regulate yards and gardens on private property. 10 $1.00 Add
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Breaking Your Bicycle
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Breaking Your Bicycle

Chapter 4

From: Every Cyclist’s Guide to Canadian Law

In Breaking Your Bicycle Waters outlines the contractual warranties, statutory “implied warranties,” and product liability rules that affect cyclists according to the regulation of … 18 $1.80 Add
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Canada’s New Carscape:

Canada’s New Carscape:

Town and Country Remade

From: Car Nation

1912-1930. Analyzes the spread of the car in popularity and the freedom it represented to Canadians as you could now travel across the country, the changes to cities because of the car, road … 17 $1.70 Add
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Carillion

Carillion

Collapse of a P3 Giant

From: Ideology over Economics

Carillion in Canada Postscript — August 2019 13 $1.30 Add
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Census Making and City Building:
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Census Making and City Building:

Data Perspectives on the 1907 Anti-Asian Riots and the Development of Vancouver

From: White Riot

In this chapter, Yan provides critical context to understanding the 1907 anti-Asian riots in Vancouver. Yan discusses the anti-Asian racism and the unreliable data that led to an inflated number … 18 $1.80 Add
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Chaotic Unregulated Tokyo: The Quintessentially Messy City?
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Chaotic Unregulated Tokyo: The Quintessentially Messy City?

From: Messy Cities

Andre Sorensen argues that Tokyo is often praised by tourists as the quintessential messy city with no zoning laws, while Japan in fact operates strict zoning systems that are completely … 6 $0.60 Add
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Chapter 1
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Chapter 1

Hiring a CAO

From: Local Government in Practice

In this chapter, the reader is a newly elected councillor representing both urban and rural areas who must choose a new CAO. ; ; 8 $0.80 Add
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Chapter 10
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Chapter 10

Debating Privatization

From: Local Government in Practice

In chapter ten, the reader works in the Public Works department and must consider whether and which services to begin privatizing. ; ; 8 $0.80 Add
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Chapter 11
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Chapter 11

New Condo Development

From: Local Government in Practice

The case presented in chapter 11 finds the reader in the role of the mayor having to grapple with a new application for a large condo building in the middle of an affluent neighbourhood. There … ; ; 8 $0.80 Add
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Chapter 12
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Chapter 12

Redeveloping an Old Industrial Area

From: Local Government in Practice

In chapter 12, the role of the reader is to design a process to draw out a vision for how a piece of land with an industrial past can be redeveloped in a way that is harmonious and beneficial to … ; ; 7 $0.70 Add
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Chapter 13
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Chapter 13

Constructing a Complete Street Downtown

From: Local Government in Practice

In chapter 13, the reader functions as a planner who must grapple with the internal politics relating to developing Complete Streets. ; ; 8 $0.80 Add
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Chapter 14
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Chapter 14

Building a Professional Sports Stadium

From: Local Government in Practice

In chapter 14, the reader is a political staffer who works with the mayor on the issue of building a new sports stadium. How does this decision affect a political legacy? ; ; 8 $0.80 Add
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Chapter 15
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Chapter 15

Organizational Structure and the Competition for Economic Development

From: Local Government in Practice

This chapter puts the reader in the role of a councillor examining organizational structures involved in economic development. ; ; 12 $1.20 Add
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Chapter 16
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Chapter 16

Meeting with the Premier

From: Local Government in Practice

In chapter 16, the reader becomes the CAO who must meet with the premier after a significant and tragic event. In the meeting, the mayor must keep in mind the overlapping and sometimes diverging … ; ; 8 $0.80 Add
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Chapter 17
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Chapter 17

Applying for an Intergovernmental Grant

From: Local Government in Practice

In chapter 17, the reader is a newly elected city councillor who assists local groups to apply for a large grant from a higher level of government, and discovers the project has only a partial … ; ; 8 $0.80 Add