Planning & Urban Development
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From  NEW! Confessions of a First-Time Parade OrganizerFrom: Messy Cities |
Zahra Ebrahim writes about organizing a parade in her Toronto west end neighbourhood of the Junction Triangle, its route around infrastructure, and the vibrant community celebration that ensued. | Dylan Reid | 8 | 2025 | $0.80 Add |
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From NEW! Conjay’s First Walk HomeFrom: Messy Cities |
Tura Cousins Wilson and Shane Laptiste explore Little Jamaica in Toronto’s historic Caribbean community, and trace its history from the 1960’s to its imagined future in 2035. | Dylan Reid | 7 | 2025 | $0.70 Add |
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From  NEW! ConnectionsThe Technology of Cities From: Dream States |
The Technology of Cities: Part 1 explores how urban development intersects and is shaped by the larger political, social, and technological advancements happening around it. Topics discussed … | John Lorinc | 9 | 2022 | $0.90 Add |
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From  Creating DemandFrom: Charging Ahead |
This chapter looks at Hydro-Quebec’s strategies to increase local demand and Hydro-Quebec Distribution’s surplus. | Jean-Benoît Nadeau; Julie Barlow | 16 | 2019 | $1.60 Add |
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From  Culture and Mental IllnessFrom: Subdivided |
The author examines the racialized and cultural barriers to mental health access. | Karen Pitter | 11 | 2016 | $1.10 Add |
 NEW! Daisy |
In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of Day Four of Halifax’s 1970 "Encounter on Urban Environment," focusing on Black communites. He highlights the testimony of Haligonian … | Robert Ashe | 12 | 2025 | $1.20 Add |
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From  Demoviction 2016: Domicide and Redevelopment in Heron GateFrom: Resisting Eviction |
Chapter 7 examines the first phase of eviction and demolition in Heron Gate in 2016. Crosby analyzes some of the discourses surrounding demoviction, such as revitalization, relocation, and … | Andrew Crosby | 16 | 2023 | $1.60 Add |
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From Demoviction 2018: Tenant Resistance to DomicideFrom: Resisting Eviction |
Chapter 8 documents the second phase of demoviction in 2018 and the emergence of the Herongate Tenant Coalition to try and stop the evictions. Crosby explores a number of coalition tactics … | Andrew Crosby | 19 | 2023 | $1.90 Add |
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From Designing Dignified Social HousingFrom: Subdivided |
The author highlights the need to add human dignity when discussing and designing new accessible housing. | Jay Pitter | 19 | 2016 | $1.90 Add |
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From NEW! Designing Out DisorderFrom: Messy Cities |
Cara Chellew writes about defensive urbanism, and the ways that attempts to control public space reduces its flexibility, threatening its social and political dimensions. | Dylan Reid | 6 | 2025 | $0.60 Add |
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From NEW! Desire Lines in the SandFrom: Messy Cities |
Wesley Lincoln Reibeling explains how desire lines symbolize the spaces that queer people have carved for themselves outside conventional planning norms in society, and uses Hanlan’s Point on … | Dylan Reid | 9 | 2025 | $0.90 Add |
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NEW! Disneyland |
In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of Day Three of "Encounter on Urban Environment," focusing on the session on financial insitituions and bankers. He explains how the panelists … | Robert Ashe | 6 | 2025 | $0.60 Add |
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From  NEW! Diversity Trumps SpecializationSection 4: Cities as a Dynamic Economy From: Cities Matter |
Chapter 14 explores Jacobs’ theory of diversity as the most important feature for thriving cities and urban economies. The chapter discusses topics including macroeconomics, economic … | Charles-Albert Ramsay | 8 | 2022 | $0.80 Add |
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From NEW! Dixie RoadFrom: Messy Cities |
Fadi Masoud details how suburbs, like the ones on the edges of Toronto, are crucial entry points for immigrants, in spite of these spaces facing social and infrastructural challenges. | Dylan Reid | 6 | 2025 | $0.60 Add |
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From Do-It-Yourself PowerFrom: Charging Ahead |
This chapter examines self-generation of energy, looking at individuals and programs in Quebec that are taking different approaches to energy production and consumption, and how these approaches … | Jean-Benoît Nadeau; Julie Barlow | 14 | 2019 | $1.40 Add |
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From Doing Immigrant Resettlement RightFrom: Subdivided |
This chapter argues for immigrants to be included in the political process. | Doug Saunders | 16 | 2016 | $1.60 Add |
