Planning & Urban Development
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From  Locked downReimagining access for marginalized people |
Chapter six of Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? considers the issue of access for marginalized people relating to the three automobility revolutions, and argues that these coming trends do not … | James Wilt | 20 | 2020 | $2.00 Add |
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From  NEW! Losing Your BicycleChapter 5 |
In Losing Your Bicycle Waters discusses the problems that can arise from the disappearance or theft of a bicycle. The chapter examines topics including property law as they pertain to bikes, the … | Christopher Waters | 20 | 2022 | $2.00 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  Masters in their Own HouseFrom: Charging Ahead |
This chapter explores Hydro-Quebec’s relationships with Quebec’s Indigenous communities (such as Quebec’s Cree, Inuit, and Innu communities), and the history of these relations. | Jean-Benoît Nadeau; Julie Barlow | 19 | 2019 | $1.90 Add |
 NEW! Messy CitiesWhy We Can't Plan Everything |
Featuring forty-three essays by a range of writers from around the world, this book highlights the role of messy urbanism in enabling creativity, enterprise, and grassroots initiatives to … | 338 | View | ||
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From NEW! Mexico City’s Eclectic Apartment ArchitectureFrom: Messy Cities |
Daniel Gordon writes about Mexico City’s apartment architecture, and the design guidelines across Canada that would label them undesirable, inappropriate, and problematic. | Dylan Reid | 7 | 2025 | $0.70 Add |
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From Money and powerWhat is to be done? |
The last chapter of Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? nails home the theme of the whole book, that public transit that works for the climate and for all people is a matter of political … | James Wilt | 20 | 2020 | $2.00 Add |
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From  NEW! MontrealThe Ambiguity of the Smart City From: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs |
Chapter 7 explores Montreal’s various projects in the 21st century which were taken with the goal of integrating technology into the urban landscape. The chapter explores how different … | Lyne Nantel | 13 | 2020 | $1.30 Add |
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From NEW! My TeacherFrom: Messy Cities |
Carolynne Crawley writes about Mama Snapping Turtle, who lives in Toronto’s High Park, and their advocacy work for further Turtle relatives in city parks. | Dylan Reid | 4 | 2025 | $0.40 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 |
 No Place To GoHow Public Toilets Fail our Private Needs |
This book is Number One in addressing the politics of where we’re allowed to "go" in public. Adults don’t talk about the business of doing our business. We work on one … | 209 | View | ||
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From NEW! Non-humans (heard and Unheard)From: Messy Cities |
Kite and Robbie Wing discuss workshops they lead, combining Indigenous listening practices and the urban or built environment to inform each participant’s perception of the workshop. | Dylan Reid | 6 | 2025 | $0.60 Add |
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From Not in My BackyardFrom: Charging Ahead |
This chapter explores Hydro-Quebec’s management of community relations and social acceptability for its projects. | Jean-Benoît Nadeau; Julie Barlow | 14 | 2019 | $1.40 Add |
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From Of Motors and BatteriesFrom: Charging Ahead |
This chapter highlights some of H-Q’s commercial exploits as well as Karim Zaghib’s work and impacts on Hydro-Quebec. | Jean-Benoît Nadeau; Julie Barlow | 13 | 2019 | $1.30 Add |
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From Off the railsA brief history of automotive domination |
opens with a critique of Elon Musk’s damning opinion of public transit, before diving into a short history of how the automobile became the dominant transport option in North America. He … | James Wilt | 17 | 2020 | $1.70 Add |
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From Old town roadRural and intercity transit |
Chapter eight of Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? looks at how the three revolutions in automobility intersect with rural areas’ transportation needs and with intercity transit, and ends … | James Wilt | 18 | 2020 | $1.80 Add |
