Canadian Journal of Urban Research articles from December 2002

Canadian Journal of Urban Research archives from December 2002

Ottawa-Hull and Canberra: Implementation of capital city plans.
December 22, 2002... Resume Les plans pour Ottawa et Canberra ont ete executes dans les annees 50 et 60, apres un demi-siecle de frustrations et de delais. Get article compare les plans d'apres-guerre pour les deux villes et considere les facteurs politiques,...

An examination of urban form in Halifax-Dartmouth: Alternative approaches in data.
December 22, 2002... Resume Get article examine le changement de la forme urbaine de la region Halifax-Dartmouth entre 1970 et 1996. Alors que plusieurs etudes empiriques emploient la fonction de densite negative exponentielle pour etudier un tel changement,...

Canadian urban design practice: a review of urban design regulations.
December 22, 2002... Resume Cet article examine Ia nature et la portee de la pratique du design urbain au Canada. L'etude est basee sur une enquete des reglements municipaux concernant le design urbain des municipalites canadiennes ayant une population de...

La division de l'espace residentiel montrealais en fonction de la langue maternelle: apport des indices de segregation residentielle.
December 22, 2002... Abstract The previous studies of ethnic or linguistic division in Montreal have used multidimensional analyses (factorial analysis) and the popular index of dissimilarity (Duncan et Duncan). We propose here an analysis of the linguistic...

Feminist activism for safer social space in High Park, Toronto: how women got lost in the woods.
December 22, 2002... Resume Les parcs municipaux de Toronto ont fait l'objet de discussion en ce qui concerne la signification (sens) et l'utilisation d'espace public. High Park est le plus grand et le plus populaire parc du centre de Toronto. A la fin des...

From Levittown to Luther Village (1): retirement communities and the changing suburban dream.
December 22, 2002... Resume Cette recherche utilise des donnees A partir de sources primaires (articles de joumaux, publicites et documents promotionnels) et une methodologie d'analyse de contenus afin d'examiner comment des communautes de retraites a...

The City: Critical Concepts in the Social Sciences. .(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Pacione, Michael (ed). The City: Critical Concepts in the Social Sciences. London and New York: Routledge, 2001. Five volumes -- pagination varies. ISBN 0415252709 $ 895.00 US (hardcover) This impressive five-volume...

Green Urbanism: Learning from European Cities. .(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Beatley, Timothy. Green Urbanism: Learning from European Cities. Washington, DC and Covelo, California: Island Press, 2000. 491 pp. ISBN 1-55963-682-3 $47.76 (paperback) Beatley's Green Urbanism is an ambitious effort to...

Urban Competitiveness: Policies for Dynamic Cities. .(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Begg, lain (ed.) Urban Competitiveness: Policies for Dynamic Cities. Bristol: The Policy Press, 2002. 337 pp. ISBN 1 861343574 $46.80 The idea of cities competing with one another for economic growth and prosperity...

Solving Sprawl: Models of Smart Growth in Communities Across America. .(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Benfield, F. Kaid, Jutka Terris and Nancy Vorsanger. Solving Sprawl: Models of Smart Growth in Communities Across America. New York, NY: Natural Resources Defense Council, 2001. 200 pp. ISBN 1-893340-33-3 $20.00 US ...

The Myth of Development: the Non-viable Economies of the 21st Century. .(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... de Rivero, Oswaldo. The Myth of Development: the Non-viable Economies of the 21st Century. Halifax: Fernwood, 2001. 206 pp. ISBN 1-55266-057-5 $56.67 In this book, Oswaldo de Rivero achieves what others have been...

Sidewalk.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Duneier, Mitchell (with photographs by Ovie Carter). Sidewalk. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999. 383 pp. ISBN 0-374-52725-3 $24.95 Sidewalk, a winner of the C. Wright Mills Award, is required for readers...

Making Social Science Matter. Why social inquiry fails and how it can succeed again. .(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Flyvbjerg, Bent. Making Social Science Matter. Why social inquiry fails and how it can succeed again. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. 204pp. ISBN: 0-521-77568-X $19.95 US (paperback) Over the last two...

Downtown: Its Rise and Fall, 1880-1950. .(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Fogelson, Robert M. Downtown: Its Rise and Fall, 1880-1950. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001. 492 pp. ISBN 0-300-09062-5 $35.00 US Known in the late 19th century as "the business district," downtown became the...

Being Political: Genealogies of Citizenship. .(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Isin, Engin F. Being Political: Genealogies of Citizenship. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2002. 333 pp. ISBN 0-8166-3272-3 $24.95 US "The history of citizenship," writes Isin, suffers from having been...

Urban Geology of Canadian Cities.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Karrow, P.F. and O.L. White (eds). Urban Geology of Canadian Cities. Geological Association of Canada Special Paper 42. Geological Association of Canada, 1998. 500 pp. ISBN 0-919216-62-5 $60.00 As John Scott of...

Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago. .(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Klinenberg, Eric. Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002. 305 pp. ISBN 0-226-44321-3 $30.65 In the city I live in, Toronto, it seems likely this winter that...

Decentralisation, politiques publiques et relations de pouvoir. .(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Lemieux, Vincent. Decentralisation, politiques publiques et relations de pouvoir. Montreal : Les Presses de l'Universite de Montreal, 2001. 200 pp. ISBN 2-7606-1826-9 Can$29.95, Euro 23 Vincent Lemieux a deja redige...

Indy Dreams and Urban Nightmares: Speed Merchants, Spectacle, and the Struggle over Public Space in the World-Class City. .(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Lowes, Mark Douglas. Indy Dreams and Urban Nightmares: Speed Merchants, Spectacle, and the Struggle over Public Space in the World-Class City. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002. 148 pp. ISBN: 0-8020-3672-4 $45.00...

Urban Inequality: Evidence from Four Cities.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... O'Connor, Alice, Chris Tilly and Lawrence D. Bobo (eds). Urban Inequality: Evidence from Four Cities. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2001. 496 pp. ISBN 0-87154-650-7 $45.00 US (cloth) This informative analysis of...

Domicide: The Global Destruction of Home. .(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Porteous, J. Douglas and Sandra E. Smith. Domicide: The Global Destruction of Home. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001. 277 pp. ISBN 0-7735-2258-1 $27.95 (paperback) 'Briefly, domicide is the...

Social Capital and Poor Communities.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Saegert, Susan, J. Phillip Thompson and Mark R. Warren (eds). Social Capital and Poor Communities. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2001. 333 pp. ISBN 0 - 87 154-733-3 $39.95 US Social Capital and Poor Communities...

Books received.(Bibliography)
December 22, 2002... This listing includes all books received for review since the last issue of CJUR. If you are interested in reviewing one of these publications for CJUR or would like to suggest a publication for review, please contact the Book Review Editor,...