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Integrated community sustainability planning in Atlantic Canada: Green-washing an infrastructure agenda
(Sage, 2018)In 2005 the Canadian federal government initiated a New Deal for Cities and Communities. The program, which involved bilateral agreements with provincial governments, promised substantial funding to municipalities to promote ... -
Planners’ perceptions of the influence of leadership on coordinating plans
(Sage, 2018)Based on interviews with 92 planners in five Canadian city-regions, we explore planners’ perceptions of the ways that leadership affects their ability to coordinate land-use planning activities in the context of sometimes ... -
The production of a suburban main street: Financialization and urban design in Halifax
(School of Planning, Dalhousie University, 2017-11)Given that planning policy calls for mixed use, higher densities, street-oriented facades, walkability, and high-quality urban design, what explains the kinds of segregated, low-density, auto-oriented designs and development ... -
Regulating marginality: how the media characterises a maligned housing option
(Routledge, Taylor and Francis, 2019)Communities often stigmatise forms of housing targeting low-income tenants. This paper examines how media sources characterise one such form: rooming houses that provide multiple, low-cost, single-room accommodations ...