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  • The Oak Ridges Moraine Battles

    Development, Sprawl, and Nature Conservation in the Toronto Region

    by L. Anders Sandberg, Gerda R. Wekerle, Liette Gilbert ...
    The Oak Ridges Moraine is a unique landform that generated heated battles over the future of nature conservation, sprawl, and development in the Toronto region at the turn of the twenty-first century. This book provides a careful, multi-faceted history and policy analysis of planning issues and citizen activism on the Moraine’s future in the face of rapid urban expansion.The Oak Ridges Moraine ... Read more

    $31.69 USD

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  • Canada after Harper

    His ideology-fuelled attack on Canadian society and values, and how we can now work to create the country we want

    by Ed Finn ...
    Most Canadians know that Stephen Harper has had a tremendous impact on the country since becoming prime minister in 2006. But few have the in-depth knowledge of how far his transformation has gone -- what has already been done, and what the consequences will be in the future.This book brings together Canadian experts in a wide variety of areas. They document key changes put in place by the Harper ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Oil's Deep State

    How the petroleum industry undermines democracy and stops action on global warming - in Alberta, and in Ottawa

    by Kevin Taft ...
    Why have democratic governments failed to take serious steps to reduce carbon emissions despite dire warnings and compelling evidence of the profound and growing threat posed by global warming?Most of the writing on global warming is by scientists, academics, environmentalists, and journalists. Kevin Taft, a former leader of the opposition in Alberta, brings a fresh perspective through the insight ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • 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

    $14.99 USD

  • Urban Sustainability

    Reconnecting Space and Place

    by Ann Dale, William Dushenko, Pamela J. Robinson ...
    Given ongoing concerns about global climate change and its impacts on cities, the need for sustainable planning has never been greater. This book explores concrete ways to achieve urban sustainability based on integrated planning, policy development, and decision-making.Urban Sustainability is the first book to provide an applied interdisciplinary perspective on the challenges and opportunities ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Democratic Illusion

    Deliberative Democracy in Canadian Public Policy

    by Genevieve Fuji-Johnson ...
    Series series Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy
    The theory of deliberative democracy promotes the creation of systems of governance in which citizens actively exchange ideas, engage in debate, and create laws that are responsive to their interests and aspirations. While deliberative processes are being adopted in an increasing number of cases, decision-making power remains mostly in the hands of traditional elites.In Democratic Illusion, ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Urban Transport without the hot air

    Volume 1: Sustainable solutions for UK cities

    by Steve Melia ...
    Series series without the hot air
    The UK population will reach 70 million by 2027. How will all these people get around? Is building more, wider roads really the solution?If you've ever studied, worked in or used transport, there's a good chance you'll have stopped one day and asked yourself 'why?'. With population numbers rising and more than three-quarters of the British population living in urban areas, cities are becoming ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Power Switch

    Energy Regulatory Governance in the Twenty-First Century

    by G.Bruce Doern, Monica Gattinger ...
    Series series Heritage
    In the energy sector of Canadian economic and political life, power has a double meaning. It is quintessentially about the generation of power and physical energy. However, it is also about political power, the energy of the economy, and thus the overall governance of Canada. Power Switch offers a critical examination of the changing nature of energy regulatory governance, with a particular focus ... Read more

    $33.09 USD

  • Costly Fix

    Power, Politics, and Nature in the Tar Sands

    by Ian Urquhart ...
    Costly Fix examines the post-1995 Alberta tar sands boom, detailing how the state inflated the profitability of the tar sands and turned a blind eye to environmental issues. It considers the position of First Nations, the character and strength of environmental critiques, and the difficulties that environmental groups and First Nations have had in establishing a countermovement to market ... Read more

    $37.79 USD

  • Freshwater Politics in Canada

    by Peter Clancy ...
    Freshwater is in great supply across much of Canada. However, competing and changing demands on its use are leading to ever more complex political arrangements. This volume offers an integrated survey of that complexity, combining historical and contemporary cases in a conceptually-informed exploration of water politics. It offers a set of tools, frameworks, and applications that enable readers to ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Planning for Public Transport Accessibility

    An International Sourcebook

    by Carey Curtis, Jan Scheurer ...
    Bringing together a comparative analysis of the accessibility by public transport of 23 cities spanning four continents, this book provides a "hands-on" introduction to the evolution, rationale and effectiveness of a new generation of accessibility planning tools that have emerged since the mid-2000s. The Spatial Network Analysis for Multimodal Urban Transport Systems (SNAMUTS) tool is used as a ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Growing Green

    The Economic Benefits of Climate Action

    by Uwe Deichmann, Fan Zhang ...
    Series series Europe and Central Asia Reports
    Pollution from fossil fuels and degraded natural lands are raising the earth’s temperature. The evidence of the causes of global warming is clear, as are its consequences. The economic impacts of climate change are already apparent and they threaten development gains. Extreme weather events have brought severe droughts to Central Asia, heat waves and forest fires to Russia, and floods to ... Read more

    $17.99 USD