Urban Studies
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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! Tenant-Centred Public Health in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside |
In this chapter, the authors examine how tenant-led organizing in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside became essential public health infrastructureduring the 2020 pandemic intervention beyond crisis. | Aaron Bailey; Dani Aiello | 10 | 2025 | $1.00 Add |
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From  NEW! Tenants, a Social ClassFrom: The Tenant Class |
Ricardo discusses the socioeconomic characteristics of tenants in Canada and argues that they exist as an economically exploited social class. He examines the Canadian rental market by providing … | Ricardo Tranjan | 12 | 2023 | $1.20 Add |
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From  NEW! The City RegionSection 3: Jacobs’ Spectrum of Economic Regions From: Cities Matter |
Chapter 8 focuses on how urban growth impacts surrounding areas, discussing impact on rural areas, industrial diversity, the value of land to build factories, houses for workers and their … | Charles-Albert Ramsay | 4 | 2022 | $0.40 Add |
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From NEW! The Forward CitySection 3: Jacobs’ Spectrum of Economic Regions From: Cities Matter |
Chapter 7 Economic literature now uses the term Jacobs’ agglomeration, and the term “forward city” is original to this text. The chapter describes “Jacobs … | Charles-Albert Ramsay | 6 | 2022 | $0.60 Add |
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From NEW! The Hub/Entrepot CitySection 3: Jacobs’ Spectrum of Economic Regions From: Cities Matter |
Chapter 9 examines entrepot cities, which are cities that serve as warehouses to export product from a nearby supply region as it is waiting to be transported to other markets. It discusses … | Charles-Albert Ramsay | 6 | 2022 | $0.60 Add |
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From NEW! The Politics of Smart CitiesThe Dream of the Smart City From: Dream States |
The Dream of the Smart City: part 10 explores the politics of smart cities. Topics discussed include politics, think tanks, Privacy Legislation Reform, Regulatory Procedures, Data Governance, … | John Lorinc | 17 | 2022 | $1.70 Add |
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From NEW! The Public Park as a Commons |
In this chapter, Kramer and Upton Crowe examines how Toronto’s unhoused communities claimed public parks during the 2020 and 2021 pandemic, and how the city responded with violent evictions. | Anna Kramer; Jesse Upton Crowe | 8 | 2025 | $0.80 Add |
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From NEW! The Quagmire of Mobility TechThe Dream of the Smart City From: Dream States |
The Dream of the Smart City: Part 6 explores urban mobility. Topics discussed include electrification, transportation, bike-share programs, walkability, the use of public space, autonomous … | John Lorinc | 17 | 2022 | $1.70 Add |
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From NEW! The Special Case of AI and Big Data–Based PolicingThe Dream of the Smart City From: Dream States |
The Dream of the Smart City: Part 8 explores data-based policing. Topics discussed include facial recognition, surveillance networks., data-intensive policing technologies, and algorithms. | John Lorinc | 17 | 2022 | $1.70 Add |
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From NEW! The Struggle for Housing Justice |
In this chapter, Baker examines global tenant organizing during the COVID-19 pandemic, the anti-racist uprisings following the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, and the legacy of the … | Rae Baker | 11 | 2025 | $1.10 Add |
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NEW! The Tenant Class |
In this trailblazing manifesto, political economist Ricardo Tranjan places tenants and landlords on either side of the class divide that splits North American society. What if there is no housing … | Ricardo Tranjan | 145 | 2023 | View |
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From NEW! The Utopianism of Smart City MegaprojectsThe Dream of the Smart City From: Dream States |
The Dream of the Smart City: Part 9 explores megaprojects. Topics discussed include profits, the rise of entrepreneurial urbanization,’ the quasi-privatized new cities, and the examples of … | John Lorinc | 11 | 2022 | $1.10 Add |
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From  NEW! These Walls, These RoadsFrom: Messy Cities |
Ameer Idreis chronicles the hardship of Palestinians living under Israeli control, but reminisces about his connections with the land. | Dylan Reid | 12 | 2025 | $1.20 Add |
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From  NEW! To Smell YouFrom: Seven Days in Halifax |
In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of Day Four of Halifax’s 1970 "Encounter on Urban Environment," focusing on environmental planning.The session focused on activists in … | Robert Ashe | 9 | 2025 | $0.90 Add |
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From  NEW! Toronto Into the Twenty-First Century |
In this chapter, Hall traces Toronto’s transformation from a staid, Protestant city in 1939 to a cosmopolitan metropolis by the mid-1950s and beyond. He discusses wartime industrial growth, … | Roger Hall | 28 | 2026 | $2.80 Add |
