Planning & Urban Development

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City Lights
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City Lights

The Technology of Cities

From: Dream States

The Technology of Cities: Part 4 explores the history of lighting cities. Topics discussed include Billboards, gas lighting, electric lighting, darkness and crime, industrialization, public … 13 $1.30 Add
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Community Wellbeing: A Social Framework for Domicide

Community Wellbeing: A Social Framework for Domicide

From: Resisting Eviction

Chapter 9 continues a chronological trajectory documenting the wider struggle and events unfolding around the redevelopment proposal for the neighbourhood. Crosby provides a window into the … 27 $2.70 Add
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Conclusion
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Conclusion

From: Local Government in Practice

The conclusion chapter weaves together the main themes and cases of the book via another case study that humanizes the local government environment. ; ; 6 $0.60 Add
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Conclusion: Whose Messiness Is This, Anyway?
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Conclusion: Whose Messiness Is This, Anyway?

From: Messy Cities

The editors of Messy Cities advocate for messy conditions which provide the opportunity for local and institutional change. 6 $0.60 Add
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Confessions of a First-Time Parade Organizer
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Confessions of a First-Time Parade Organizer

From: Messy Cities

Zahra Ebrahim writes about organizing a parade in her Toronto west end neighbourhood of the Junction Triangle, its route around infrastructure, and the vibrant community celebration that ensued. 8 $0.80 Add
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Conjay’s First Walk Home
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Conjay’s First Walk Home

From: Messy Cities

Tura Cousins Wilson and Shane Laptiste explore Little Jamaica in Toronto’s historic Caribbean community, and trace its history from the 1960’s to its imagined future in 2035. 7 $0.70 Add
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Connections
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Connections

The Technology of Cities

From: Dream States

The Technology of Cities: Part 1 explores how urban development intersects and is shaped by the larger political, social, and technological advancements happening around it. Topics discussed … 9 $0.90 Add
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Creating Demand

Creating Demand

From: Charging Ahead

This chapter looks at Hydro-Quebec’s strategies to increase local demand and Hydro-Quebec Distribution’s surplus. ; 16 $1.60 Add
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Credits
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Credits

From: Local Government in Practice

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Crowding out

Crowding out

Congestion and safety

From: Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars?

The fifth chapter of Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? evaluates the three revolutions using the criteria of congestion and safety. The author demonstrates that cars of any kind will not solve … 21 $2.10 Add
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Data minecraft

Data minecraft

Surveillance and policing

From: Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars?

Chapter seven of Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? considers surveillance and policing of digital data associated with the new transportation revolution technologies. The author finds the new … 17 $1.70 Add
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Demoviction 2016: Domicide and Redevelopment in Heron Gate

Demoviction 2016: Domicide and Redevelopment in Heron Gate

From: Resisting Eviction

Chapter 7 examines the first phase of eviction and demolition in Heron Gate in 2016. Crosby analyzes some of the discourses surrounding demoviction, such as revitalization, relocation, and … 16 $1.60 Add
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Demoviction 2018: Tenant Resistance to Domicide

Demoviction 2018: Tenant Resistance to Domicide

From: Resisting Eviction

Chapter 8 documents the second phase of demoviction in 2018 and the emergence of the Herongate Tenant Coalition to try and stop the evictions. Crosby explores a number of coalition tactics … 19 $1.90 Add
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Designing Out Disorder
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Designing Out Disorder

From: Messy Cities

Cara Chellew writes about defensive urbanism, and the ways that attempts to control public space reduces its flexibility, threatening its social and political dimensions. 6 $0.60 Add
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Desire Lines in the Sand
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Desire Lines in the Sand

From: Messy Cities

Wesley Lincoln Reibeling explains how desire lines symbolize the spaces that queer people have carved for themselves outside conventional planning norms in society, and uses Hanlan’s Point on … 9 $0.90 Add
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Dixie Road
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Dixie Road

From: Messy Cities

Fadi Masoud details how suburbs, like the ones on the edges of Toronto, are crucial entry points for immigrants, in spite of these spaces facing social and infrastructural challenges. 6 $0.60 Add