Cities
A city is a large human settlement. It can be defined as a permanent and densely settled place with administratively defined boundaries whose members work primarily on non-agricultural tasks. Cities generally have extensive systems for housing, transportation, sanitation, utilities, land use, and communication. Their density facilitates interaction between people, government organisations and businesses, sometimes benefiting different parties in the process, such as improving efficiency of goods and service distribution. This concentration also can have significant negative consequences, such as forming urban heat islands, concentrating pollution, and stressing water supplies and other resources. Historically, city-dwellers have been a small proportion of …
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UMP: University of Manitoba Press · 19 April 2024 English
“The multiplicity of perspectives and voices represented in this collection draws attention to core contradictions associated with Canadian identity. Interconnected themes and analytical frames enrich the work, offering unique ways …
of the world’s most successful and cosmopolitan cities whose official motto, “diversity our strength … groups in Australia’s major immigrant-receiving cities. Urban Geography, 27(5), 441–463. Fries, C. J. … Sandercock, L. (2003). Cosmopolis 11: Mongrel cities in the 21st century. Continuum. Scott, J. C. (1998) …
PICES: North Pacific Marine Science Organization · 17 April 2024 English
All names and claims expressed in this book of abstracts are solely those of the authors and do not represent those of the PICES Organization, nor those of their affiliated …
intensified, the population decline in local coastal cities also accelerated. Population decline shrinks socio-economic … socio-economic activities in local coastal cities, thereby reducing the city's capacity to develop, leading … risk of decline and extinction of local coastal cities. In a situation where concerns about the risk of … coastal cities that have a relatively high risk of decline. Unlike inland cities, coastal cities have development … and the ocean is increasing, in order for coastal cities to grow rather than decline, it is necessary to …
CIGI: Centre for International Governance Innovation · 16 April 2024 English
A field with its roots established in the 1950s, artificial intelligence (AI) is suddenly much more in the public eye and capable of doing useful things for casual users as …
start-ups, concentration is revealed. Only a few cities within such as these two, can grow to become unicorns …
FCPP: Frontier Centre for Public Policy · 11 April 2024 English
135 • APRIL 2024 FRONTIER BACKGROUNDER ESG AND THE NEW ECO-COLONIALISM Eco-colonialism and ESG “...activists Enter another form of eco-colonialism.often carry an Eco-colonialism refers to the practices of some non-Indigenous …
insights into solving important issues facing our cities, towns and provinces. These include improving the …
FCPP: Frontier Centre for Public Policy · 10 April 2024
135 • APRIL 2024 FRONTIER BACKGROUNDER ESG AND THE NEW ECO-COLONIALISM Eco-colonialism and ESG “...activists Enter another form of eco-colonialism.often carry an Eco-colonialism refers to the practices of some non-Indigenous …
insights into solving important issues facing our cities, towns and provinces. These include improving the …
IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 8 April 2024 English
Known as the "City of Eternal Spring" due to its temperate climate, the City of Medellín has been looking for solutions to help restore its green space. Climate change and …
Physical Infrastructure (SIF) of Medellín and the C40 Cities Finance Facility (CFF), seeks to mitigate issues …
UMP: University of Manitoba Press · 7 April 2024 English
“Inspiring, healing, and future-facing, this long overdue book gives us valuable new insights into the histories and identities of Métis people.”
itootamihk waapamishoon aan wiichaytoowuk4 with/in cities is crucial to the ever complex and nuanced processes … the inquiry, I already knew that many Métis, in cities, are living good lives, and it’s these stories … whether it be with friends, in our schools, in our cities, or in the world. Because of these feelings, we … actively pursued a sense of belonging living in cities, with rivers, other Métis folk, with activities … supported by this environment in becoming Métis. Cities can be carnivorous places; they can consume us …
IRPP: Institut de recherche en politiques publiques · 5 April 2024 English
52 The New Mobility Era: Leveraging Digital Technologies for More Equitable, Efficient and Effective Public Transportation Ata Khan and Ren Thomas IN BRIEF Digital technologies have the potential to enhance …
can help improve equity outcomes. Several U.S. cities, such as Chicago, use equitable development scorecards … will depend on local decision-making. For example, cities moving to digital transit payment can continue … undertaken at the municipal and regional level, and most cities struggle with both the capital and operational … well suited to low-density areas and, while some cities have partnered with municipalities on initiatives … the ratio of transit users has improved in larger cities where people have greater access to frequent, reliable …
CMA: Canadian Medical Association · 4 April 2024 English
In Canada, the COVID-19 pandemic occurred in the midst of a increased the toxicity of the drug supply.6–8 In addition, for many, growing drug toxicity crisis. [...] Before the emergence …
Psychiatry 2021;26:41-50. unregulated drugs in five cities in the United States and Canada. Drug Alcohol 29 …
UAP: University of Alberta Press · 4 April 2024 English
Deviant traces a trajectory of queer self-discovery from childhood to adulthood, examining love, fear, grief, and the violence that men are capable of in intimate same-sex relationships. Richly engaged with …
around us. It lasted a short time. In faraway cities, trains changed tracks. Birds alighted the switchrails … my brother blows up pixelated cities on TV I am not on TV I am not but I want …
