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Author:   Ann Dale ,  William Dushenko ,  Pamela J. Robinson
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
Imprint:   University of Toronto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.480kg
ISBN:  

9781442612884

ISBN 10:   1442612886
Pages:   277
Publication Date:   24 September 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Figures List of Tables Contributors * Introduction Ann Dale (Royal Roads University) * Generational Responses-Why a Third? Pamela Robinson (Ryerson University) and Ann Dale * Sustainability and Integrated Approaches to Regional Planning Kevin Hanna (Wilfrid Laurier University) and D. Scott Slocombe (Wilfrid Laurier University) * Mapmaking as Placemaking: Building Social Capital for Urban Sustainability Nina-Marie Lister (Ryerson University) * Planning for Sustainability: Moving from Plan to Action Pamela Robinson (Ryerson University) * Towards Walkable Urban Neighbourhoods Lenore Newman (University of the Fraser Valley) and Levi Waldron (Harvard University) * United We Can-A Street Charity that Makes a Difference Ann Dale * Chickens in the City-The Urban Agriculture Movement Nick Weigeldt (Clean Air Partnership) * Finding Opportunities for Urban Sustainability in Cottage Life Nik Luka (McGill University) * Urban/Rural Tensions, Place and Community Sustainability William T. Dushenko (Northern Alberta Institute of Technology) * Sustainable Buildings: A Necessary Component for Urban Sustainability Rodney C. McDonald (McDonald Sustainability Group Inc.) * Conclusions Ann Dale and William T. Dushenko

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‘The editors have assembled a thought provoking set of case studies of urban sustainability in Canada… The volume does an additional service by provoking broader, and challenging, questions about how to combine and coordinate pluralist approaches to urban sustainability in the service of system-level sustainability.’ - David Gordon (Urban Studies vol 51:04:2015)

'The editors have assembled a thought provoking set of case studies of urban sustainability in Canada? The volume does an additional service by provoking broader, and challenging, questions about how to combine and coordinate pluralist approaches to urban sustainability in the service of system-level sustainability.' -- David Gordon Urban Studies vol 51:04:2015

Author Information

Ann Dale is a professor in the School of Environment and Sustainability and Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Community Development at Royal Roads University. William T. Dushenko is Vice-President Academics at Yukon College and former Dean of the School of Sustainable Building and Environmental Management at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology. Pamela Robinson is an associate professor in the School of Urban and Regional Planning at Ryerson University and a regular contributor to Spacing magazine.

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