Recently added articles from Canadian Journal of Urban Research:
Editor's introduction/L'introduction du redacteur.
Jun 22, 2008; ... Canadian Planning and Policy--Amenagement et politique au Canada is an annual supplement of the Canadian Journal of Urban Research--Revue canadienne de recherche urbaine. It is funded by the generous support of the Association of Canadian University Planning Programs, the Canadian ...
Territorial planning experimentation in Quebec.(Report)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Abstract Over the last four decades, Quebec has experimented with different procedures for territorial planning, which have been largely concerned with the rational allocation of public resources while focussing strongly on a strategic framework. Each experiment generated ...
Improving the interface between urban municipalities and aboriginal communities.(Report)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Abstract The ways in which urban municipalities understand and work within the context of Aboriginal community aspirations and needs will affect the quality of future urban development, in physical, social, economic and cultural sectors. Planning is central to shaping the ...
Indigenous planning--an emerging context.(Report)
Jun 22, 2008; ... To develop a professional organization that advocates for a community development approach based on an indigenous planning paradigm. The practice of indigenous planning is predicated on adhering to land-tenure traditions and upholding the unique cultural worldviews of indigenous ...
Le zonage et la classification des usages de restauration et de commerces d'alimentation : une mesure d'urbanisme pour diminuer l'epidemie d'obesite?(Report)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Abstract This research project, which links the disciplines of urban planning and public health, studies land use for commercial food establishments and restaurants permitted by municipal zoning policies and relates this question to the problem of obesity. This article looks at ...
Places/spaces of celebration and protest: citizenship, civic conversations and the promotion of rights and obligations.(Report)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Abstract Built places/spaces have long been sites for civic conversations and the engagement of citizens to exercise their rights to celebrate, protest and bear witness. Two basic propositions concerning civic conversations, collective interests, as well as rights and ...
Social mix and Canadian public housing redevelopment: experiences in Toronto.(Report)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Abstract The idea of social mix in Western planning thought has fluctuated in popularity since it emerged in Britain in the 1800s. Support resurged after WWII, again in the 1960s and 1970s, and in the 1990s social mix emerged as part of a 'new' conventional wisdom in planning ...
Chavan, Abhijeet, Christian Peralta and Christopher Steins, eds.: Planetizen Contemporary Debates in Urban Planning.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Chavan, Abhijeet, Christian Peralta and Christopher Steins, eds. Planetizen Contemporary Debates in Urban Planning. Washington: Island Press, 2007. 183 pp. ISBN: 1597261335 Planetizen Contemporary Debates in Urban Planning presents ...
Hackworth, Jason: The Neoliberal City: Governance, Ideology and Development in American Urbanism.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Hackworth, Jason The Neoliberal City: Governance, Ideology and Development in American Urbanism. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2007. 205 pp. ISBN: 9780801473036 (pbk) In this readable book Jason Hackworth provides an account of ...
Harper, Thomas L. and Stanley M. Stein: Dialogical Planning in a Fragmented Society: Critically Liberal, Pragmatic, Incremental.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Harper, Thomas L. and Stanley M. Stein Dialogical Planning in a Fragmented Society: Critically Liberal, Pragmatic, Incremental. 350 pp. New Brunswick, NJ: Center for Urban Policy Research--CUPR Press, 2006. ISBN: 0882851799 (paper) ...
Homer-Dixon, Thomas: The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity and the Renewal of Civilizations.(Making Planning Work: A Guide to Approaches and Skills)(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Homer-Dixon, Thomas The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity and the Renewal of Civilizations. Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2006. 429 pp. ISBN: 9780676977226 Hague, Cliff, Patrick Wakely, Julie Crespin and Chris Jako ...
Placing social policy? Reflections on Canada's New Deal for Cities and Communities.(Report)
Dec 22, 2007; ... Abstract This article analyses the New Deal for Cities and Communities pursued by the federal Liberal government between 2004 and 2006. Situating the initiative in broader urban policy debates about the merits of place-based interventions in tackling problems of poverty and ...
Density, size, dispersion: towards understanding the structural dynamics of mid-size cities.(Survey)
Dec 22, 2007; ... Abstract This paper draws on a variety of evidence--distance-decay density gradients; case study of one particular mid-size metropolitan area, Kitchener, Ontario; assessment of mid-size city core areas North America-wide by planners and other professionals who are familiar with ...
Local urban form measures related to land-use and development period: a case-study for Halifax, Nova Scotia.(Case study)
Dec 22, 2007; ... Abstract This case-study employs micro-level measures of urban morphology to examine changing patterns and densities of development in the urban and suburban portions of metropolitan Halifax. It focuses on relationships between land use and urban form, and on how those ...
Saint-Laurent: transformations urbaines d'une ville de banlieue Quels changements dans la relation centre/peripherie?(Report)
Dec 22, 2007; ... Abstract Contemporary suburbia attracts activities especially those of the high technology sector. In addition, it remains the place where most North Americans prefer to live. This trend often means that, conversely, central cities tend to decline. However, in the case of Canada ...
Les trajectoires residentielles des nouveaux immigrants a Montreal: une analyse longitudinale et conjoncturelle.(residential trajectories of new immigrants in Montreal in the 1990s)
Dec 22, 2007; ... Abstract Using the data from the longitudinal study "L'etablissement des nouveaux immigrants (ENI)," this paper analyses the residential trajectories of new immigrants in Montreal during the 1990's. Two methodologies were applied. First, survival models were used to identify ...
Linking social exclusion and health: explorations in contrasting neighbourhoods in Hamilton, Ontario.(Report)
Dec 22, 2007; ... Abstract While a substantial body of literature in the UK focuses on social exclusion, attention to this complex relationship is gaining some momentum in the Canadian context. "[his paper contributes to this growing area of research by examining differences in social exclusion ...
Finance, insurance and real estate firms and the nature of agglomeration advantage across Canada and within metropolitan Toronto.
Dec 22, 2007; ... Abstract This study compares the spatial patterns of finance, insurance and real estate firm concentration at inter-urban (for urban areas across Canada) and intra-urban (for the Toronto census metropolitan area) scales and attempts to ascertain to what extent agglomeration ...
Beauregard, Robert A.: When America Became Suburban.(Book review)
Dec 22, 2007; ... Beauregard, Robert A. When America Became Suburban. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 2006. 288 pp. ISBN: 0-8166-4885-9 " ... they lived well. They also turned away ... This loss of urbanity was the burden imposed on the ...
Edwards, Justin D. and Douglas Ivison, Eds.: Downtown Canada: Writing Canadian Cities.(Book review)
Dec 22, 2007; ... Edwards, Justin D. and Douglas Ivison, Eds. Downtown Canada: Writing Canadian Cities. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2005. 227 pp. ISBN: 0-8020-8668-3 Downtown Canada gathers essays from established and emerging Canadian ...