Housing & Urban Development

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Part 2: Sustainable Community Building Blocks

Energy Efficiency and Renewables

From: Toward Sustainable Communities

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Canadians and Americans consume more energy per capita than any other nation. Environmental impacts of our consumptive lifestyles include ozone layer depletion, acid rain, smog, potential climate … 16 $1.60 Add
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Part 4 Context and Role

The Social Economy

From: Inner City Renovation

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Policies to Support Housing

From: Scandinavian Common Sense

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Housing conditions can have major impacts on physical and psychological health; as such, efforts to reduce social inequalities in health include fighting for access to decent housing. This … ; ; 6 $0.60 Add
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Replanning the Downtown

From: How We Changed Toronto

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1970s. Downtown development and the central area plan 25 $2.50 Add
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The Disorienting Disability Support Maze

From: Persistent Poverty

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The Mob and Its Money

From: Sweethearts

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1950-1960. Looks at the mob’s expansion into legitimate business focusing on housing development. Corruption is explored 17 $1.70 Add
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Was Sidewalk Toronto a PR Experiment or a Development Proposal

From: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs

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Chapter 6 asks the question of whether Toronto’s Sidewalk Labs project was a realistic urban development program or a PR stunt by Google to market their products on a large stage. 8 $0.80 Add
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8. Gentrification is Inevitable

From: Gentrification Is Inevitable and Other Lies

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Chapter 8 highlights examples of resistance to gentrification through grassroot movements, political activism, and changes in public policy. Examples discussed include the Fruit Belt CLT in … 28 $2.80 Add
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Boomtown Toronto

From: Sweethearts

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1960s looks at appartment developers and the boom in high rise appartments in Toronto, which renewed commericial and downtown development 9 $0.90 Add
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City of Possibility

From: Feminist City

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Kern briefly discusses the many projects and movements in an effort to create a feminist city. 13 $1.30 Add
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Montreal

The Ambiguity of the Smart City

From: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs

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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 … 13 $1.30 Add
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Navigating Obstacles and Negotiating with Service Providers

From: Staying Alive While Living The Life

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Outcome and Learnings

From: Inner City Renovation

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The Affordable Housing Deficit: Out of the Cold

From: Persistent Poverty

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Three Lessons in Politics

From: How We Changed Toronto

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1970s. Three lessons Sewell learned through mistakes and issues that occurred in his early political life 25 $2.50 Add
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Youth Prevention and Early Intervention

From: Beyond Shelters

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Discusses the fight against youth homelessness with particular emphasis on strategies to combat Indigenous youth homelessness in Winnipeg. 19 $1.90 Add