Planning & Urban Development
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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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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 |
 NEW! Dream StatesSmart Cities, Technology, and the Pursuit of Urban Utopias |
Is the ‘smart city’ the utopia we’ve been waiting for? The promise of the so-called smart city has been at the forefront of urban planning and development since the early 2010s, … | 290 | View | ||
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From NEW! Economies of AgglomerationSection 1: The Economist’s City From: Cities Matter |
Chapter 1 examines the theory of economic agglomeration, topics discussed include “economies of scale,” types of economies of agglomeration (Shared pool of labour, Input sharing, … | Charles-Albert Ramsay | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From  Enclosures of Public Spaces and InfrastructureFrom: Think Like a Commoner |
The city is one of the most fiercely contested arenas for market enclosures. Public squares, parks, walkways, sports arenas and the very face and identity of a city are being taken over by a cozy … | David Bollier | 10 | 2014 | $1.00 Add |
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From NEW! Engineering the CityThe Technology of Cities From: Dream States |
The Technology of Cities: Part 2 explores the physical building and engineering of cities. Topics discussed include construction, city-building technology, building blocks, hygiene, bridges, … | John Lorinc | 9 | 2022 | $0.90 Add |
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From NEW! Everything is Everything … But the Details MatterFrom: Messy Cities |
Authors Alexandra Lambropoulous and Sami Ferwati argue that urban developments which ignore the local context of culture and socio-political dynamics will lead to failed urban spaces that lack … | Dylan Reid | 7 | 2025 | $0.70 Add |
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From Finding Space for SpiritualityFrom: Subdivided |
The author explores the racist opposition to the Meadowvale Islamic Centre in Mississauga. | Fatima Syed | 11 | 2016 | $1.10 Add |
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From NEW! Flexible StreetsFrom: Messy Cities |
Dylan Reid writes about the accessibility of flexible streets for blind people, and the challenges that blurred boundaries between park, sidewalk, and street pose towards some pedestrians. | Dylan Reid | 11 | 2025 | $1.10 Add |
