Housing & Urban Development

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Housing Strategy on the Brink The Time Has Come From: Persistent Poverty View Between The Lines		Michael Shapcott	10	2010	$1.00 Add
How We Changed Toronto The inside story of twelve creative, tumultuous years in civic life, 1969-1980	By the mid-1960s Toronto was well on its way to becoming Canada’s largest and most powerful city. One real estate firm aptly labelled it Boomtown. Expressways, subways, shopping centres, …		349		View
From Impact on the Broader Community From: Inner City Renovation View Fernwood Publishing		Marty Donkervoort	12	2013	$1.20 Add
From Index From: Feminist City View Between The Lines	Index	Leslie Kern	14	2019	$1.40 Add
From NEW! Indigenous Exclusion and Access to the Internet The Case of Nunavut From: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs View James Lorimer and Company	Chapter 9 explores how digital technology is also a tool for social well being, giving people access to health, education, cultural expression and political participation. It explores this …	Alexandra Flynn	18	2020	$1.80 Add
From NEW! Industrial Land’s Secret Sauce From: Messy Cities View Coach House Books	Karen Chapple writes about the potential avenues for preserving existing messy but productive industrial spaces, while introducing innovation districts in cities around the world.	Dylan Reid	9	2025	$0.90 Add
Inner City Renovation How a Social Enterprise Changes Lives and Communities Fernwood Publishing	Inner City Renovation (ICR) is a much-heralded social enterprise in Winnipeg’s North End which has become an example of the potential for social enterprises to support people living on …	Marty Donkervoort	153	2013	View
From NEW! Innisfil and Uber A Rural Municipality’s Misadventures in Smart Public Transit From: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs View James Lorimer and Company	Chapter 10 explores smart city projects that make use of ridesharing and their pitfalls.	Ellie Ruggles	11	2020	$1.10 Add
From NEW! Interruptions From: Messy Cities View Coach House Books	Zahra Ebrahim discusses how the infrastructure of the formerly industrial street she lives on positively affects interactions with her neighbours.	Dylan Reid	6	2025	$0.60 Add
From Introduction The Shelterscape in Canada From: Beyond Shelters View	Provides a short history of the homeless shelter sector’s development followed by a description of its current size, shape, and orientations in Canada. Analyzes how homeless shelters have …	James Hughes	14		$1.40 Add
From Acknowledgements From: Staying Alive While Living The Life View Fernwood Publishing		Benjamin Roebuck; Sue-Ann MacDonald	2	2018	$0.20 Add
From Introduction City of Men From: Feminist City View Between The Lines	Kern argues that women have always been viewed as a problem for the modern city: but there are alternatives grounded in ideas and notions of urban feminism.	Leslie Kern	23	2019	$2.30 Add
From NEW! Introduction Smart Cities in Canada From: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs View James Lorimer and Company	The introduction provides a general definition of what constitutes a “Smart City” as well as exploring what prompted the authors of this title to write about smart cities in Canada.	Alexandra Flynn; Mariana Valverde	14	2020	$1.40 Add
From NEW! Introduction From: Messy Cities View Coach House Books	Co-editor Dylan Reid provides an overview of “messy urbanism”, explaining the overarching argument of the book which is that this disorder is necessary for cities to thrive.	Dylan Reid	10	2025	$1.00 Add
From Building a Path to a Better Future Urban Aboriginal People From: In Their Own Voices View Fernwood Publishing		Jim Silver	29	2006	$3.77 Add
From “It’s Not My Country Yet…” From: Persistent Poverty View Between The Lines		Brice Balmer; Jamie Swift; Mira Dineen	12	2010	$1.20 Add