Urban communities

The book investigates the impact on the competitiveness of cities developing creative industries (arts, media, entertainment, creative business services, architects, publishers, designers) and knowledge-intensive industries (ICT, R&D, finance, law).

With the continual growth of the world's urban population, biodiversity in towns and cities will play a critical role in global biodiversity.

Taras Grescoe has written books that have changed the way we look at illicit substances, in The Devil's Picnic, and how we think about the world's seafood, in Bottomfeeder.

Municipalities are responsible for many essential services and have become vital agents for implementing provincial policies, including those dealing with the environment, emergency planning, economic development, and land use.

Over the course of the twentieth century, sequential waves of immigrants from Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Africa settled in the cities of the Canadian Prairies.

As one of the most difficult periods of the twentieth century, the Great Depression left few Canadians untouched.

Municipalities are responsible for many essential services and have become vital agents for implementing provincial policies, including those dealing with the environment, emergency planning, economic development, and land use.

Over the course of the twentieth century, sequential waves of immigrants from Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Africa settled in the cities of the Canadian Prairies.

The Canadian model of diversity management is considered a success in the international community, yet the methods by which these policies are adopted by local governments have seldom been studied.

One of the world's renowned centres of culture, Barcelona is also one of the capitals of modernist art given its associations with the talents of Dali, Picasso, and Gaudi.

In Small Business and the City, Rafael Gomez, Andre Isakov, and Matt Semansky highlight the power of small-scale entrepreneurship to transform local neighbourhoods and the cities they inhabit.

In Small Business and the City, Rafael Gomez, Andre Isakov, and Matt Semansky highlight the power of small-scale entrepreneurship to transform local neighbourhoods and the cities they inhabit.

Because of its powerful socializing effects, the school has always been a site of cultural, political, and academic conflict.

In the 1960s, the city of Halifax razed the black community of Africville under a program of urban renewal and 'slum clearance.

In the 1960s, the city of Halifax razed the black community of Africville under a program of urban renewal and 'slum clearance.

When low-income city dwellers lack access to mainstream banking services, many end up turning to ‘fringe banks,’ such as cheque-cashers and pawnshops, for some or all of their financial transactions.

As one of the most difficult periods of the twentieth century, the Great Depression left few Canadians untouched.

Because of its powerful socializing effects, the school has always been a site of cultural, political, and academic conflict.

Demographic change and a growing sensitivity to the diversity of urban communities have increasingly led planners to recognize the necessity of planning for diversity.

Demographic change and a growing sensitivity to the diversity of urban communities have increasingly led planners to recognize the necessity of planning for diversity.

At the start of the twentieth century, the modern metropolis was a riot of sensation.

At the start of the twentieth century, the modern metropolis was a riot of sensation.

With the growth of knowledge-based economies, cities across the globe must compete to attract and retain the most talented workers.

With the growth of knowledge-based economies, cities across the globe must compete to attract and retain the most talented workers.

Suburbs can be incubators of creativity: innovative and complex, but all too often underappreciated.

Suburbs can be incubators of creativity: innovative and complex, but all too often underappreciated.

Public housing projects were the original form of government supported housing for low-income residents.

Public housing projects were the original form of government supported housing for low-income residents.

The first treatise ever written on the sociology of cities, On the Causes of the Greatness and Magnificence of Cities (1588) marked a radical departure from previous literature on urban centres.

North American gated communities, African squatter settlements, European housing estates, and Chinese urban villages all share one thing in common: they represent types of suburban space.

North American gated communities, African squatter settlements, European housing estates, and Chinese urban villages all share one thing in common: they represent types of suburban space.

Cities of Oil is the first sustained historical account of the development of the early Canadian petroleum refining and manufacturing industry.

Cities of Oil is the first sustained historical account of the development of the early Canadian petroleum refining and manufacturing industry.

Abandoned factories, shipyards, warehouses, and refineries are features of many industrialized cities around the world.

Abandoned factories, shipyards, warehouses, and refineries are features of many industrialized cities around the world.

When low-income city dwellers lack access to mainstream banking services, many end up turning to ‘fringe banks,’ such as cheque-cashers and pawnshops, for some or all of their financial transactions.

During the past several decades, the Aboriginal population of Canada has become so urbanized that today, the majority of First Nations and Metis people live in cities.

During the past several decades, the Aboriginal population of Canada has become so urbanized that today, the majority of First Nations and Metis people live in cities.

In the contemporary urban environment, the once-dominant concept of a ‘masculine’ identity is being replaced by alternative ideas of what it means to be a man.

In the contemporary urban environment, the once-dominant concept of a ‘masculine’ identity is being replaced by alternative ideas of what it means to be a man.

What makes a good city?

The relationship between policing and the governance of society is an important and complex one, especially as it relates to destitute areas.

In this study Alan Waterhouse draws on anthropological, social and cultural history, literature, and philosophy to reach an understanding of the roots of Western architecture and city building.

Saint John, New Brunswick, was a small, stagnant mercantile town in 1800.

Frederick Gardiner's public life was rich and long, from his initiation into politics as a Toronto schoolboy before the First World War, through his involvement with the Ontario Conservative party and suburban politics in the 1930s and 1940s, on through his years as first chairman of Metropolitan Toronto (1953-61), to the relinquishing of his last public office in 1979.

By questioning the widely accepted picture of suburban society which has been developed by many sociologists, social psychologists, and other serious students of social science, as well as by popular writers, this book will challenge much of our thinking about certain trends and developments in present-day society.

In this collection of essays the changing structure of the Canadian community, especially in its urban growth, is brought before the reader with many fresh insights, much vigorous comment, and apt illustration.

From the top of the Clent Hills in England, one can look out over the Black Country to the north and the Forest of Arden to the south.

The regional character of Canada and the crucial role of metropolitan development in its history have been recurring themes in the work of J.

We are all familiar with the almost ritual lament about the desolation and sameness of the suburbs that surround our modern cities.