Recently added articles from Canadian Journal of Urban Research:

Editor's introduction/L'introduction du redacteur.(Editorial)

Jun 22, 2007; ... Canadian Planning and Policy--Politique et amenagement au Canada is a joint undertaking of the Association of Canadian University Planning Programs, the Canadian Institute of Planners and the Canadian Journal of Urban Research. In supporting the annual publication of peer-reviewed work in ...

An American effect: contextualizing gated communities in Canadian planning practice.(Case study)

Jun 22, 2007; ... Abstract During interviews about planning responses to gated communities in Canada, respondents initiated an unexpected discourse around national identity. The growing popularity of gated enclaves, a form that respondents generally associate with the USA, forced those ...

Nature as a cornerstone of growth: regional and ecosystems planning in the greater Golden Horseshoe.(Report)

Jun 22, 2007; ... Abstract The Province of Ontario has been successful in passing legislation for a regional growth management plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe in southern Ontario by bundling together two seemingly contradictory notions: growth management and environmental conservation. Over ...

Mobilising urban heritage to counter the commodification of brownfield landscapes: lessons from Montreal's Lachine Canal.(Report)

Jun 22, 2007; ... Abstract This paper proposes that recognising and leveraging the heritage value of brownfield sites may open the door to new solutions to planning, policy, and design challenges common to regeneration projects. In a post-Fordist context, a better understanding of the historical ...

Works planners read: findings from a Canadian survey.(Survey)

Jun 22, 2007; ... Abstract This article reports on a survey of the readings that have most influenced the professional development of Canadian planning practitioners. Results indicate that influential writings originate from a wide diversity of sources, both inside and outside the discipline. We ...

Childcare, justice and the city: a case study of planning failure in Winnipeg.(Report)

Jun 22, 2007; ... Abstract This paper explores the city-childcare connection. It analyzes licensed childcare spaces in Winnipeg, finding that inequity characterizes the distribution of childcare in all neighbourhoods. Poorer and more Aboriginal neighbourhoods are particularly disadvantaged, ...

Beatley, Timothy. Native to Nowhere: Sustaining Home and Community in a Global Age.(Book review)

Jun 22, 2007; ... Beatley, Timothy. Native to Nowhere: Sustaining Home and Community in a Global Age. Washington D.C.: Island Press, 2004. xiv + 392 pp. ISBN: 1-55963-914-8 There is a long history of scholarship, research and writing about "place" ....

Lightbody, James. City Politics, Canada.(Book review)

Jun 22, 2007; ... Lightbody, James. City Politics, Canada. Peterborough, Ont: Broadview Press, 2005. 576 pp. ISBN: 1-55111-753-3 While books on general Canadian politics fill any number of shelves, recent texts on local governance are few and far ...

Lund, Brian. Understanding Housing Policy.(Book review)

Jun 22, 2007; ... Lund, Brian. Understanding Housing Policy. Bristol: Policy Press and Social Policy Association, 2006. 263 pp. ISBN: 1861346247 As a Canadian, it is nice to read about a country--in this case Great Britain--that actually has a ...

Platt, Rutherford H.: Land Use and Society: Geography Law, and Public Policy, Revised Edition.(Book review)

Jun 22, 2007; ... Platt, Rutherford H. Land Use and Society: Geography Law, and Public Policy, Revised Edition. Washington D.C.: Island Press, 2004. xix + 455 pp. ISBN: 1-55963-685-8 There are not many books in urban geography and planning that ...

Working to build a stronger Inner City in Winnipeg.(Editorial)

Jun 22, 2006;

Housing for assisted living in Inner-City Winnipeg: a social analysis of housing options for people with disabilities.

Jun 22, 2006;

Finding our way home: home and end-of-life transitions for people with disabilities.

Jun 22, 2006;

Challenges faced by women working in the inner city sex trade.

Jun 22, 2006;

Welfare in Winnipeg's inner city: exploring the myths.

Jun 22, 2006;

"Welfare is the second last resort. The last resort is death (1)". An exploratory analysis of social assistance, victimization and crime.

Jun 22, 2006;

Fringe financial services, inner-city banking & community-based solutions (1).

Jun 22, 2006;

Astrom, Anna-Maria, Pirjo Korkiakangas and Pia Olsson (eds.): Memories of My Town: The Identities of Town Dwellers and Their Places in Three Finnish Towns.(Book review)

Jun 22, 2006;

Garrett-Petts, W.F. (ed.): The Small Cities Book: On the Cultural Future of Small Cities.(Book review)

Jun 22, 2006;

Hiller, Harry H., Editor Urban Canada: Sociological Perspectives.(Book review)

Jun 22, 2006;