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  • Very Public Solution

    by Paul Mees ...
    Why is public transport so poor in Australian cities? Why can't it be more like the fast, convenient systems in Europe?Unlike Europeans, most urban Australians live on far-flung suburban blocks rather than in high-density apartments. Most urban travel is to widespread suburban locations rather than to the city centre. It is often argued that fast, efficient public transport is impossible in our ... Read more

    $14.44 USD

  • Transport for Suburbia

    Beyond the Automobile Age

    by Paul Mees ...
    The need for effective public transport is greater than ever in the 21st century. With countries like China and India moving towards mass-automobility, we face the prospects of an environmental and urban health disaster unless alternatives are found. It is time to move beyond the automobile age. But while public transport has worked well in the dense cores of some big cities, the problem is that ... Read more

    $224.99 USD

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  • Are Trams Socialist?

    Why Britain Has No Transport Policy

    by Christian Wolmar ...
    Transport is key to our daily lives. The transport system is essential to ensure the movement of people and goods, and most of us will use the roads or public transport every day. Vast sums are tied up in it and are spent on trying to resolve the problems of congestion and delays. And yet it is a most neglected field of politics. Britain has never had a coherent transport policy. Transport ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • The selfmade land

    culture and evolution of urban and regional planning in the Netherlands

    by Len de Klerk, Gerhard Dekker, Peter Paul Witsen, Hans van der Cammen ...
    Nederland is één van de meest dichtbevolkte landen ter wereld. Dan moet je verstandig omgaan met de beschikbare ruimte. Waar gaan we werken, waar wonen en waar vakantie houden? Wat bebouwen en wat blijft ongerept? Nergens ter wereld wordt daar zo grondig over nagedacht als in Nederland. Internationaal geldt Nederland als gidsland op het gebied van de ruimtelijke ordening. Vanwege deze positie, en ... Read more

    $8.31 USD

  • Shape of the Suburbs

    Understanding Toronto's Sprawl

    by John Sewell ...
    It is now impossible to understand major North American cities without considering the seemingly never-ending and ever-growing sprawl of their surrounding suburbs. In The Shape of the Suburbs, activist, urban affairs columnist, and former Toronto mayor John Sewell examines the relationship between the development of suburbs, water and sewage systems, highways, and the decision-making of Toronto ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • House Divided

    Edited by Alex Bozikovic, Cheryll Case, John Lorinc, Annabel Vaughan ...
    A citizen's guide to making the big city a place where we can afford to live. Housing is increasingly unattainable in successful global cities, and Toronto is no exception - in part because of zoning that protects "stable" residential neighborhoods with high property values. House Divided is a citizen's guide for changing the way housing can work in big cities. Using Toronto as a case study, this ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

  • Urban Design and the British Urban Renaissance

    Edited by John Punter ...
    Are Britain’s cities attractive places in which to live, work and play? Asking that question, this is a critical review of how the design dimension of the Urban Renaissance strategy was developed and applied, based on expert academic assessments of progress in Britain’s thirteen largest cities. The case studies are preceded by a dissection of New Labour’s renaissance agenda, and concluded by a ... Read more

    $87.99 USD

  • The New Urban Agenda

    The Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area

    by Bill Freeman ...
    2015 Speaker's Book Award — ShortlistedCity planning in the GTHA has been mired in political grandstanding for the past decade, The New Urban Agenda offers a plain language solution to the issues plaguing the GTHA.Politics in the Greater Toronto, Hamilton Area (GTHA) have become increasingly divisive over the past decade, and solutions to the city’s problems have become hot-topic issues debated in ... Read more

    $8.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Taking Responsibility for Tourism

    by Harold Goodwin ...
    Taking Responsibility for Tourism is about the globally vital necessity of realising sustainable tourism. It is a hugely important challenge to those who organise and sell travel and tourism, and those who consume it. Taking Responsibility for Tourism is not a book about a niche product; major trade associations and large and small tour operators are committing to the objectives of responsible ... Read more

    $45.09 USD

  • Streetcars and the Shifting Geographies of Toronto

    A Visual Analysis of Change

    by Brian Doucet, Michael Doucet ...
    When looking at old pictures of Toronto, it is clear that the city’s urban, economic, and social geography has changed dramatically over the generations. Historic photos of Toronto’s streetcar network offer a unique opportunity to examine how the city has been transformed from a provincial, industrial city into one of North America’s largest and most diverse regions.Streetcars and the Shifting ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Toronto

    Transformations in a City and Its Region

    by Edward Relph ...
    Series series Metropolitan Portraits
    Extending a hundred miles across south-central Ontario, Toronto is the fifth largest metropolitan area in North America, with the highest population density and the busiest expressway. At its core old Toronto consists of walkable neighborhoods and a financial district deeply connected to the global economy. Newer parts of the region have downtown centers linked by networks of arterial roads and ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • East/West

    A Guide to Where People Live in Downtown Toronto

    Edited by Nancy Byrtus, Mark Fram, Michael McClelland ...
    Let's say you want to know which famous Canadian poet lived in the Waverley Hotel for seven years, constantly changing rooms in fear of RCMP bugs. Or you live at 44 Walmer and want to know what on earth they were thinking with those balconies. Or you want to know what's behind (or underneath!) that giant O hanging over Harbord at Spadina. These things were troubling us, too, so we assembled East ... Read more

    $8.69 USD