Planning & Urban Development
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From  Fighting Institutional RacismFrom: Uprooting Racism |
The following chapters examine ways racism plays out in some of our major institutions during this period of neoliberal capitalism. Each institution mentioned here reinforces others and … | Paul Kivel | 85 | 2017 | $8.50 Add |
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From  NEW! Flexible StreetsFrom: Messy Cities |
Dylan Reid writes about the accessibility of flexible streets for blind people, and the challenges that blurred boundaries between park, sidewalk, and street pose towards some pedestrians. | Dylan Reid | 11 | 2025 | $1.10 Add |
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From  NEW! Function Creep and SurveillanceThe Dream of the Smart City From: Dream States |
The Dream of the Smart City: Part 7 explores the role of surveillance in smart cities. Topics discussed include CityIQ, the use of cameras, widespread surveillance, ‘function … | John Lorinc | 13 | 2022 | $1.30 Add |
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From  Game of ThronesFrom: No Place To Go |
This first chapter makes the case for public washrooms through personal and anecdotal stories of the paradox they present: everyone needs them and thinks about them often, and yet they are … | Lezlie Lowe | 12 | 2018 | $1.20 Add |
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From  NEW! GobbledygookFrom: Seven Days in Halifax |
In this chapter, Ashe describes the aftermath of Halifax’s 1970 “Encounter on Urban Environment,” specifically highlighting the experience of senior bureaucrat and event … | Robert Ashe | 6 | 2025 | $0.60 Add |
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From  Growth Versus Social ResponsibilityUnion Pension Funds and P3s in Canada From: Ideology over Economics |
The Movement Toward Public–Private Partnerships (P3s) in Canada The Infrastructure Gap in Canada Arguments for the P3 Route The Arguments for P3s Considered Private-Sector Attraction to … | John Loxley | 24 | 2020 | $2.40 Add |
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From  NEW! Guelph and Wellington County’s Urban-Rural Smart City ProjectOur Food Future From: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs |
Chapter 8 explores Guelph’s smart cities project, which seeks to use technology to bridge the urban rural divide and develop a sustainable network of food production and consumption | Ellie Ruggles | 12 | 2020 | $1.20 Add |
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From  NEW! Healing in Suburbia: A Black Woman’s Cancer Recovery through Cycling and the DiasporaFrom: Living Disability |
Nicole Hanson writes about where and how people bike in the Caribbean, as well as her experiences relating to Black biking culture across different regions. She explains the importance of … | Nicole Hanson | 11 | 2024 | $1.10 Add |
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From  Heron Gate and the Financialization of Rental HousingFrom: Resisting Eviction |
Chapter 6 examines Heron Gate’s owner and landlord in more detail. Crosby takes a deep dive into the world of financialized real estate investment within a broader context of housing policy and … | Andrew Crosby | 15 | 2023 | $1.50 Add |
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From Heron Gate, Racial Stigma, and Strategic NeglectFrom: Resisting Eviction |
Chapter 5 offers a profile of Heron Gate Village. Crosbys analyzes statistics on community demographics and housing. With its high concentration of immigrants, refugees, and people of colour, … | Andrew Crosby | 17 | 2023 | $1.70 Add |
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From NEW! How Technology is Reshaping the Post-Pandemic CityConclusion From: Dream States |
Conclusion: part 2 explores how technology can be used in reshaping the post-pandemic cities. | John Lorinc | 12 | 2022 | $1.20 Add |
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From Human Rights and Racial Discrimination in HousingFrom: Resisting Eviction |
This book concludes with a discussion of the human rights case initiated by Heron Gate tenants evicted in 2018 who are seeking a right to return. The potentially precedent-setting case before the … | Andrew Crosby | 7 | 2023 | $0.70 Add |
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From  Hydro WorldFrom: Charging Ahead |
This chapter explores Hydro-Quebec and international energy circles, and the work of Hydro-Quebec International (HQI). | Jean-Benoît Nadeau; Julie Barlow | 10 | 2019 | $1.00 Add |
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From Ideology is Trumping Economic RealityFrom: Ideology over Economics |
Conclusion | John Loxley | 3 | 2020 | $0.30 Add |
Ideology over EconomicsP3s in an Age of Austerity |
Public private partnerships in which the private sector takes on roles previously carried out by the public sector have been heavily promoted in the provision of infrastructure throughout the … | 268 | View | ||
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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 |
