Planning & Urban Development
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From  NEW! The Racial Logics of PropertyFrom: Resisting Eviction |
In this chapter, Crosby begins by examining the origins and historical evolution of property relations in Canada’s national capital region, outlining some of the colonial tools deployed to … | Andrew Crosby | 10 | 2023 | $1.00 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  NEW! A Brief Introduction to Local Government |
This chapter orients the reader to the scope, brief history, language, legal frameworks, municipal structures and politics of local government in Canada. It also introduces the case study … | Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer | 30 | 2020 | $3.00 Add |
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From  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 … | Dimitry Anastakis | 17 | 2008 | $1.70 Add |
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From  Chapter TwoResponding to the risk From: On Borrowed Time |
Details the evolution of seismographic and earthquake preparedness testing, as well as the work that has been done in various municipalities. | Gregor Craigie | 16 | 2021 | $1.60 Add |
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From NEW! Domicide in the Liveable CityFrom: Resisting Eviction |
In this chapter, Crosby explores urban liveability and domicide, identifying liveability as an ideological discourse of urban improvement that is mobilized alongside gentrification efforts to … | Andrew Crosby | 11 | 2023 | $1.10 Add |
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From  NEW! Engineering the CityThe Technology of Cities From: Dream States |
The Technology of Cities: Part 2 explores the physical building and engineering of cities. Topics discussed include construction, city-building technology, building blocks, hygiene, bridges, … | John Lorinc | 9 | 2022 | $0.90 Add |
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From  NEW! Falling Off Your BicycleChapter 3 |
In Falling Off Your Bicycle Waters examines what happens when a cyclist is injured and the laws governing these instances by outlining the criminal or civil liability issues that may arise from a … | Christopher Waters | 44 | 2022 | $4.40 Add |
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From  Ideology Trumping Economic RealityP3s After the Global Financial Crisis From: Ideology over Economics |
The Global Financial Crisis and the Credit Markets The Impact of the Crisis on P3 Activity Private-Sector Response to the Crisis Government Reaction to the Crisis The Costs and Benefits of P3s Do … | John Loxley | 24 | 2020 | $2.40 Add |
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From  Manufacturing automobilityThe anti-transit underpinnings of the “three revolutions” |
The second chapter of Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? outlines, defines and unpacks the implications of the three revolutions of automobility on the future of equitable public transit. The … | James Wilt | 14 | 2020 | $1.40 Add |
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From  NEW! Myths about the Tenant ClassFrom: The Tenant Class |
Ricardo examines societal perceptions of the average Canadian who rents property. Ricardo discusses home ownership as a staple of successful life in Canadian society and the cultural stigma … | Ricardo Tranjan | 14 | 2023 | $1.40 Add |
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From  Patterns of Water UseFrom: Dry Run |
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 |
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From Some Historical ShitFrom: No Place To Go |
This chapter covers sewers, the history of human waste management and public infrastructure design and highlights issues of gender, physical and racial accessibility. | Lezlie Lowe | 20 | 2018 | $2.00 Add |
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From  Technical ProwessFrom: Charging Ahead |
This chapter explores Hydro-Quebec’s impressive technical systems. It discusses the laboratory in Varennes (part of the campus of the Hydro-Quebec’s research institute – … | Jean-Benoît Nadeau; Julie Barlow | 18 | 2019 | $1.80 Add |
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From  NEW! The Selling of Toronto’s Smart CityFrom: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs Collection: Media and Society: Canadian Cases and Issues |
Chapter 1 explores the stakeholders who initially pitched the partnership between the city of Toronto and Google’s urban planning division Sidewalk Labs. | Blayne Haggart | 16 | 2020 | $1.60 Add |
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From  “A Very Hostile System In Which To Live”Aboriginal Electoral Participation From: In Their Own Voices |
- | Cyril Keeper; Jim Silver | 37 | 2006 | $4.81 Add |
