Canadian Cities in Transition

Note: Every chapter includes:
- Introduction
- Key terms
- Conclusion
- 2-4 review questions
- Notes
- References
Publisher's Preface
Preface: A Guide to the Text
Contributors
Tribute to Trudi Bunting
Part I: City Building Blocks
1. Fundamentals of Cities
Pierre Filion (University of Waterloo)
2. Urban Transitions: Historical, Present and Future Perspectives on Canadian Urban Development
Pierre Filion
3. Governing Canadian Cities
Zack Taylor (Western University) and Neil Bradford (Huron University College, Western University)
4. Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Cities
R. Ben Fawcett and Ryan Walker (both at the University of Saskatchewan)
5. Digital Cities: Contemporary Issues in Urban Policy and Planning NEW
Shauna Brail (University of Toronto) and Betsy Donald (Queen's University)
Part II: Demography, Identity, and Home
6. Age and Generational Change in the City
Markus Moos (University of Waterloo)
7. Urban Change through the Lens of Demography, Life Course, and Lifestyles
Ivan Townshend (University of Lethbridge) and Ryan Walker (University of Saskatchewan)
8. International Migration and Immigration: Remaking the Multicultural Canadian City
Audrey Kobayashi (Queen's University) and Valerie Preston (York University)
9. Gender, Sexuality, and the City
Damaris Rose (Institut national de la recherché scientifique)
10. Urban Divisions: Inequality, Neighbourhood Poverty and Homelessness
Alan Walks (University of Toronto)
11. Housing: Dreams and Nightmares
Richard Harris (McMaster University)
Part III: Urban Form, Structure, and Design
12. The Market, Planning, and Emerging Urban Forms
Jill L. Grant (Dalhousie University) and Pierre Filion (University of Waterloo)
13. Public Space in the City Centre: Design, Activity, and Measurement
Ryan Walker and Jill Blakley (both at University of Saskatchewan)
14. Integrated Transport and Land-Use Planning: Connecting Individuals to Opportunities
Ahmed El-Geneidy (McGill University) and Emily Grisé (University of Alberta)
15. Re-Imaging, Re-Elevating, and Re-Placing the Urban: Gentrification and the Transformation of Canadian Inner Cities
Alison Bain and Bryan Mark (both at York University)
16. Cities on the Edge: Suburban Constellations in Canada
Jean-Paul D. Addie (Georgia State University), Robert S. Fiedler, and Roger Keil (both at York University)
Part IV: Economies of Cities
17. The New Economy of Canadian Cities? Employment, Creativity, and Industrial Change
Tara Vinodrai (University of Toronto)
18. Innovation and Canadian Cities: Exploring Different Viewpoints NEW
Richard Shearmur (McGill University)
19. The Economic Value of Urban Land
Andrejas Skaburskis (Queen's University) and Markus Moos (University of Waterloo)
20. Slow Growth and Decline in Canadian Cities
Heather M. Hall (University of Waterloo) and Betsy Donald (Queen's University)
Part V: The Environmental Imperative
21. Getting Serious about Urban Sustainability: Eco-Footprints and the Vulnerability of Twenty-First-Century Cities
William E. Rees (University of British Columbia)
22. The Ups and Downs of a Sustainable and Climate Resilient Development Path in Canadian Cities NEW
Meg Holden (Simon Fraser University) and Robin Chang (Technical University of Dortmund)
23. Food Systems and the City
Alison Blay-Palmer (Wilfrid Laurier University) and Karen Landman (University of Guelph)
24. Climate Change Threats and Urban Design Responses
Maged Senbel, Simon Liem (both at University of British Columbia), and Alexandra Lesnikowski (McGill University)
Glossary
Index

Test Bank:
For each chapter:
· 25 multiple choice questions
· 17 true or false questions
· 5 short answer questions
· Answer key
PowerPoint Presentations
For each chapter:
- 20-25 lecture outline slides
- Figures, tables, and photos from the text included
Image Bank
Student Study Guide:
For each chapter:
· Chapter summary
· Learning objectives
· Key concepts
- Further readings
· Review questions with answer key
-- 20 multiple choice
-- 15 review questions
-- 5 short answer questions
-- 5 essay questions

Markus Moos is an associate professor in the School of Planning in the Faculty of the Environment at the University of Waterloo.

Tara Vinodrai is an associate professor in the Department of Geography and and the Institute for Management and Innovation at the University of Toronto Mississauga.

Ryan Walker is a professor in the Department of Geography and Planning at the University of Saskatchewan.

Making Sense in Geography and Environmental Sciences - Margot Northey, Dianne Draper and David B. Knight
Urbanization in a Global Context - Edited by Alison L. Bain and Linda Peake
Communicating in Geography and the Environmental Sciences - Iain Hay and Philip Giles
Urban Canada - Edited by Harry H. Hiller
Immigrant Geographies of North American Cities - Edited by Carlos Teixeira, Wei Li and Audrey Kobayashi
Canadian Urban Regions - Edited by Larry S. Bourne, Tom Hutton, Richard Shearmur and Jim Simmons

Special Features

• Includes three new chapters - on digital cities, innovation in cities, and sustainable development - as well as seven heavily revised chapters.
• New and expanded coverage of current issues such as Indigenous urban spaces, the gig economy, the growth and decline of Canadian cities, affordable housing, newcomer resettlement, walk scores, city governments, and urban design responses to climate change.
• Comprehensive topic coverage - covering a broad range of topics from small towns on city borders to Canada's urban areas - gives students insight into the complexity of the Canadian urban landscape.
• Historical and contemporary coverage offers students a balanced exploration of the foundations of urban geography as well as the major issues facing Canadian cities today.
• An issue-based approach in the text explores relevant social and cultural issues that affect the lives of students today, through over-arching themes of growth, transitions, and inequality.
• Diverse case studies from across Canada provides students with critical cross-country research on important issues, such as short-term housing rentals, the role of community gardens in urban areas, and the federal government's new smart cities challenge.
• Engaging pedagogy - including key terms, chapter conclusions, and challenging end-of-chapter review questions - highlights and contextualizes key concepts to enhance student learning.

New to this Edition

• Includes three new chapters - on digital cities, innovation in cities, and sustainable development - as well as seven heavily revised chapters.
• New and expanded coverage of current issues such as Indigenous urban spaces, the gig economy, the growth and decline of Canadian cities, affordable housing, newcomer resettlement, walk scores, city governments, and urban design responses to climate change.
• Expanded coverage of current issues - such as affordable housing, newcomer resettlement in Canada, and Walk Scores - gives students a cutting-edge look at the social and physical factors that impact Canadian urban environments.
• Fully updated data and research, incorporating statistics and examples from the 2016 Census and National Household survey, as well as new figures and tables presenting key information on topics such as age segregation in Canadian cities, ride-hailing regulations across the country, and the geography of venture capital in Canada.