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Book Review: Atlas of Cities
Editor: Paul Knox (Princeton University Press, 2014) With cities at the centre of all major global phenomena—from climate change to population growth—it...
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OP-ED: Does Canada need a federal infrastructure agency?
This week, Spacing is publishing three columns about the proposed $35 billion Canada Infrastructure Bank, which was proposed as part of the Liberal...
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Islamophobia in Canadian public spaces: how to go from trauma to solidarity
There is a pressing need to turn public spaces where Muslims have been traumatized into spaces where solidarity is strengthened. Racialized communities...
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Book Review From The Stacks: The New Downtown Library
Author: Shannon Mattern (University of Minnesota Press, 2007) “The legitimacy of the library is in question” — Rem Koolhaas during the design of the...
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Book Review – Bike Boom: The Unexpected Resurgence of Cycling
Author: Carlton Reid (Island Press, 2017) “Not only is bicycle travel human scaled, healthful, and non-polluting, but it turns out to be more efficient...
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Book Review – Landscape as Urbanism: A General Theory
Author: Charles Waldheim (Princeton University Press, 2016) It goes without saying that despite its contemporary meaning, practice of ‘urbanism’ is as old...
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WWW: Unexpected urban gems
The Strip: the unexpected, all-American city? Examining how Las Vegas can be defined as a model for modern urban development, following the ever-evolving...
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Book Review: Merrick House
Written by Anthony Robins, ORO Editions (2017) UBC SALA West Coast Modern House Series Nestled on a wooded hillside, the house is truly contextual, yet...
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WWW: Cities fighting for the death of car culture
Make cycling cool again How China is attempting to reverse its car-centric, status oriented, development agenda and re-popularize the bicycle utilizing...
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Book Review: Reinventing the Automobile
Author: William J. Mitchell, Christopher E. Borroni-Bird, and Lawrence D. Burns (The MIT Press, 2010) One technology that is due for an update is the...
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WWW: Street hawking economies are seeing changes
Increasing the hygienic standards for street food in rapidly developing urban centers In an effort to reduce food-borne illnesses that result from poor...
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Book Review – Medieval Cities: Their Origins and The Revival of Trade
Author: Henri Pirenne (Princeton University Press, 2014) The late fantasy novelist Terry Pratchett once stated: “If you do not know where you come from...
By Erick Villagomez
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered