This is the story of the struggle for social housing in Vancouver between 1919 and 1950.

A comprehensive survey of the Indigenous Peoples of the world, including who they are, where they live, and similarities in their history and future challenges.

An introduction to issues of land use and the economic tools that are used to resolve land-use conflicts.

Lists all the works in the academic field of special geography published before 1888, and includes descriptions of each entry and notes on later editions.

The most comprehensive selection ever published of Vancouver's architecture -- modest and grand, historic and modern, attractive and not-so-attractive.

A perceptive case study of racial politics in a non-western political system, this book provides a timely and comprehensive analysis of recent events in this important island state.

This book advances a typology of experimentation in the field science of geomorphology. Commissioned by the International Geographical Union, this work is the first to document different field methodologies in geomorphology.

This collection introduces a new chapter in feminist literature, focusing on women and their experiences in Canadian urban settings and illustrating the importance of gender in the development of urban areas.

This collection of papers by internationally known scientists in the field of geocryology was originally presented as a series of lectures at the University of British Columbia in 1980-1 in honour of J. Ross MacKay.