Canadian Journal of Urban Research articles from June 2002

Canadian Journal of Urban Research archives from June 2002

Understanding placemaking: economics, politics and everyday life in the Culture of Cities.
June 22, 2002... This brings to the forefront the vexing question of just what makes a place a place like no other place. Phrased differently, what about a place persists and what changes over time. And this is precisely what power struggles over 'place-making'...

Everyday Milieux and culture of displacement: a comparative investigation into space, place and (non)attachment within the German-Polish twin city Guben/Gubin.
June 22, 2002... Resume Alors qu'au sein des sciences humaines il existe une supposition implicite que par la culture urbaine nous faisons reference a la culture metropolitaine, ce texte tente de promouvoir dans une veine differente la "culture des...

Place attachment and community sentiment in marginalised neighbourhoods: a European case study.(Statistical Data Included)
June 22, 2002... Resume La presente analyse explore le sens d'appartenance au lieu et ses relations avec l'emplacement et le > dans le contexte de quartiers urbains. La notion de lieu est conceptualisee en fonction du cadre au sein duquel les relations...

Urban space and collective memory: analysing the various dimensions of the production of memory.
June 22, 2002... Resume La ville de Montreal, de meme que plusieurs autres grands centres urbains, a recemment vecu de changements importants au plan politique, economique et culturel qui l'ont force a se re-imager et a se re-imaginer. Dans ce contexte de...

The topographies of memory in Berlin: The Neue Wache and the Memorial for the Murdered Jews of Europe.
June 22, 2002... Resume Cet article formule les architectoniques de la memoire a Berlin par l'intermediaire de deux memoriaux controversies engages apres l'unification de l'Allemagne. Un cadre explicatif de la construction de la memoire informe la question...

Public culture and the dialogics of democracy: reading the Montreal and Toronto amalgamation debates.
June 22, 2002... Resume Cet article decrit comment les debats autour des fusions municipales a Montreal et a Toronto forment un dossier important sur la complexite du discours democratique et du regroupement unique de voix qui sont impliquees dans un...

Globalization and the decline of social reform: Into the twenty-first century. (Review Essay).
June 22, 2002... Teeple, Gary. Globalization and the decline of social reform: Into the twenty-first century. Aurora, Ontario: Garamond Press, 2000. 216 pp. ISBN: 1551930269 $22.95 Since 1991, I have taught a course entitled...

The Company of Neighbours: Revitalizing Community through Action Research. (Book Reviews).
June 22, 2002... Banks, Kenneth C. and Marshall Mangan. The Company of Neighbours: Revitalizing Community through Action Research. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999. 141 pp. ISBN: 0802079059 $16.95 The title of this book...

Urban Indian Reserves: forging new relationships in Saskatchewan. (Book Reviews).
June 22, 2002... Barron, F. Laurie and Joseph Garcea (eds). Urban Indian Reserves: forging new relationships in Saskatchewan. Saskatoon: Purich Publishing, 1999. xiv + 315 pp. ISBN: 1-895830-12-5 $28.00 US (paperback) This volume...

Sainte-Anne-De-Bellevue, heritage town: an architect's perspective. (Book Reviews).
June 22, 2002... Bland, John. Sainte-Anne-De-Bellevue, heritage town: an architect's perspective. Sainte-Anne-De-Bellevue, QC: Shoreline, 2000. 47pp. ISBN: 1-896754-12-0 $9.95 This small (3 x 5) booklet is a labour of love, and was...

Citizens' Hall: Making Local Democracy Work. (Book Reviews).
June 22, 2002... Carrel, Andre. Citizens' Hall: Making Local Democracy Work. Toronto: Between the Lines, 2001. 176 pp. ISBN: 1-896357-42-3 $19.95 (paperback) The author blurb on the back jacket of Citizens' Hall calls Andre Carrel a...

Home Team: Professional Sports and the American Metropolis. (Book Reviews).
June 22, 2002... Danielson, Michael N. Home Team: Professional Sports and the American Metropolis. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1997. 397 pp. ISBN: 0-691-07064-4 $18.95 US (paperback) Along with the lightening of fan...

Between Eminence and Notoriety: Four Decades of Radical Urban Planning. (Book Reviews).
June 22, 2002... Hartman, Chester. Between Eminence and Notoriety: Four Decades of Radical Urban Planning. New Brunswick, NJ: Center for Urban Policy Research, 2002. 423 pp. ISBN: 0-88285-172-1. $24.95 US (paperback) Many planners see...

A Sense of Their Duty. Middle-Class Formation in Victorian Ontario Towns. (Book Reviews).
June 22, 2002... Holman, Andrew C. A Sense of Their Duty. Middle-Class Formation in Victorian Ontario Towns. Montreal and Kingston: McGill Queen's University Press, 2000. xxii+ 243 pp. ISBN: 0-7735-2083-x $24.95 (paperback) This book...

The Sustainable Street: The Environmental, Human and Economic Aspects of Street Design and Management. (Book Reviews).
June 22, 2002... Jefferson, Colin, Janet Rowe and Carlos Brebbia (eds.). The Sustainable Street: The Environmental, Human and Economic Aspects of Street Design and Management. Southampton: WIT Press, 2001 288 pp. ISBN: 1-85312-832-5 ...

Manufacturing Montreal: The Making of an Industrial Landscape, 1850-1930. (Book Reviews).
June 22, 2002... Lewis, Robert. Manufacturing Montreal: The Making of an Industrial Landscape, 1850-1930. Baltimore & London: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000. 336 pp. ISBN: 0-8018-6349-X $45.00 US (hardcover) Certainly a book...

La memoire du paysage. Histoire de la forme urbaine d'un centre-ville: Saint-Roch, Quebec. (Book Reviews).
June 22, 2002... Morisset, Lucie K. La memoire du paysage. Histoire de la forme urbaine d'un centre-ville: Saint-Roch, Quebec. Sainte-Foy, QC: Les Presses de l'Universite Laval, 2001 288 pp. ISBN: 2-7637-7724-4 $29.95 La memoire du...

Merger Mania: The Assault On Local Government. (Book Reviews).
June 22, 2002... Sancton, Andrew Merger Mania: The Assault On Local Government. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2000. 184 pp. ISBN: 0-77352-163-1 $22.95 (paperback) Merger Mania is about municipal amalgamation....

The Atlanta Paradox: A Volume in the Multi-City Study of Urban Inequality. (Book Reviews).
June 22, 2002... Sjoquist, David L. (ed.). The Atlanta Paradox: A Volume in the Multi-City Study of Urban Inequality. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2000. 300 pp. ISBN: 0-87154-808-9 $34.95 US (hardcover) Sjoquist pulls together...

Landscapes of urban memory: the sacred and the civic in India's high-tech city. (Book Reviews).
June 22, 2002... Srinivas, Smriti. Landscapes of urban memory: the sacred and the civic in India's high-tech city. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2001. 329 + xxviii pp. ISBN: 0-8166-3616-8. $22.95 US (paperback) ...

Space and Place: The Perspective of Experience. (Book Reviews).
June 22, 2002... Tuan, Yi-Fu. Space and Place: The Perspective of Experience. Minneapolis/London: University of Minnesota Press, 2001 235 pages ISBN: 0-8166-3877-2 $17.95 (paperback) It is not often that we are provided the...

Books received.
June 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,...