Housing & Urban Development

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
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
From “It’s Prime Land, and Why Would They Leave That to Poor People?” Vancouver's Little Mountain Housing From: Good Places to Live View Fernwood Publishing		Jim Silver	21	2011	$2.10 Add
From Paradoxes of Street Life From: Staying Alive While Living The Life View Fernwood Publishing		Benjamin Roebuck; Sue-Ann MacDonald	19	2018	$1.90 Add
From Labour Empires From: Sweethearts View James Lorimer and Company	1970s the decline of specific trade unions (ie plasterers) and the building trades council wants to achieve labour unity in the city	Catherine Wismer	8	2014	$0.80 Add
From NEW! Leave the Leaves From: Messy Cities View Coach House Books	Lorraine Johnson writes about the benefits of leaf litter to local ecology in residential areas, and the ways this essential habitat is endangered in cities.	Dylan Reid	7	2025	$0.70 Add
From “The Tools You Need To Discover Who Your Are” Aboriginal Learners in Selected Adult Learning Centre in Winnipeg From: In Their Own Voices View Fernwood Publishing		Darlene Klyne; Freeman Simard; Jim Silver	26	2006	$3.38 Add
From NEW! Living Loud: The Migration of a Steelpan Soundtrack From: Messy Cities View Coach House Books	Leslie Woo recounts her family gatherings in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Woo compares the noise present in their busy neighborhood in Trinidad to the lack of noise in Toronto.	Dylan Reid	5	2025	$0.50 Add
From Mapping Black Atlantic Performance Geographies From Slave Ship to Ghetto From: Black Geographies View Between The Lines		Sonjah Stanley Niaah	25	2007	$2.50 Add
NEW! Messy Cities Why 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
From NEW! Mexico City’s Eclectic Apartment Architecture From: Messy Cities View Coach House Books	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
From Mitigating Harm to Women From: Beyond Shelters View	Describes the development of the transition house movement in Newfoundland and Labrador and how these centres have become anchors for the protection and safety of women in their communities. …	Heather Davis	18		$1.80 Add
From NEW! Montreal The Ambiguity of the Smart City From: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs View James Lorimer and Company	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