Planning & Urban Development
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From  NEW! Rasta Cape TownFrom: Messy Cities |
Kofi Hope reflects on their experience living in Cape Town, South Africa, and how the Rastafarians they met there were messy urbanists: community builders, peacemakers, entrepreneurs, … | Dylan Reid | 7 | 2025 | $0.70 Add |
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From  Reconsidering RevitalizationThe Case of Regent Park From: Subdivided |
Jay Pitter discusses the recent redevelopment and "revitalization" of Regent Park with Sandra Costain. | Jay Pitter | 10 | 2016 | $1.00 Add |
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From  NEW! RenegadesFrom: Seven Days in Halifax |
In this chapter, Ashe explains how a key provincial government official sought economic revitalization via an invervention by a panel of outside experts. | Robert Ashe | 6 | 2025 | $0.60 Add |
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From  Research Methods and DesignFrom: Resisting Eviction |
In this chapter, Crosby provides a methodological blueprint for doing research with social movements. He describes his work with the Herongate Tenant Coalition as political activist ethnography, … | Andrew Crosby | 13 | 2023 | $1.30 Add |
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From NEW! Satisfying Our Thirst for AgencyFrom: Messy Cities |
Colin Ellard argues that our desire for messy cities is connected to the desire human beings feel towards the complexity of the natural world. | Dylan Reid | 6 | 2025 | $0.60 Add |
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From  Seeking Strategic Pathways to Energy SufficiencyFrom: Resilience Imperative |
Our energy diet has put us between a rock and a hot place. On one hand, we are hooked on oil and demand is increasing. On the other hand, if we do not radically reduce our fossil-fuel use, we … | Michael Lewis; Pat Conaty | 19 | 2012 | $1.90 Add |
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NEW! Seven Days in HalifaxWhen citizens confronted the racists, liars and incompetents who ran their city |
Halifax today lives with the results of bad decisions made decades ago. A container port accessible only through narrow downtown streets. A park, bridge and port on the spot where Africville was … | Robert Ashe | 338 | 2025 | View |
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From  NEW! Ship of Theseus: The Power Wheelchair User and the CityFrom: Living Disability |
Angelo Muredda writes about his experience of using a power wheelchair in Toronto, including how it contributes to his mobility, its challenges, and its relationship to his own body. | Emily Macrae | 8 | 2024 | $0.80 Add |
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From  NEW! Smart Cities and the Origins of Utopian UrbanismThe Dream of the Smart City From: Dream States |
The Dream of the Smart City: Part 2 explores the origins of utopian urbanism. Topics discussed include history of urban planning, the history of ghetto’s, Bauhaus and the Garden City … | John Lorinc | 16 | 2022 | $1.60 Add |
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From NEW! Smart Cities, Big Data, and a Question of TrustThe Dream of the Smart City From: Dream States |
The Dream of the Smart City: Part 4 discusses questions of personal data. Topics discussed include open access, data and privacy, data bias, open data, and municipal dashboards. | John Lorinc | 17 | 2022 | $1.70 Add |
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From NEW! Smart City Tech: A PrimerThe Dream of the Smart City From: Dream States |
The Dream of the Smart City: Part 1 explores the tech needed to create a smart city. Discussing topics including what makes technology ‘smart’, ‘machine learning’ … | John Lorinc | 18 | 2022 | $1.80 Add |
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From NEW! Smart City Tech and the Promise of Green CitiesThe Dream of the Smart City From: Dream States |
The Dream of the Smart City: Part 5 explores the possibility of green cities with smart innovation. Topics discussed include post-industrial cities, climate change, pollution, urban … | John Lorinc | 16 | 2022 | $1.60 Add |
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From NEW! Sports and SpacesFrom: Messy Cities |
Perry King writes about the public spaces utilized for sports in urban cities such as the multi-purpose sports courts housed beneath highways in Navi, Mumbai. | Dylan Reid | 6 | 2025 | $0.60 Add |
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From  Step 2: Identifying Barriers and Benefits |
Uncovering barriers and benefits involves four steps. 1) Begin by reviewing relevant articles and reports. 2) Following this review, carry out observations of people engaging in the behavior you … | Doug McKenzie-Mohr | 20 | 2011 | $0.40 Add |
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From Step 3: Developing Strategies |
This chapter will provide an overview of how to design effective strategies. Developing a community-based social marketing strategy involves addressing two behaviors simultaneously: 1) the … | Doug McKenzie-Mohr | 4 | 2011 | $0.40 Add |
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From Step 3: Developing Strategies – Self-Perception TheoryCommitment: From Good Intentions to Action |
Self-Perception Theory intriguingly suggests that if we can provide opportunities for people to engage in sustainable behaviors conveniently, the very act of engaging in those behaviors will … | Doug McKenzie-Mohr | 18 | 2011 | $0.18 Add |
