Planning Canadian Regions
The first book to consolidate the history, evolution, current practice, and future prospects for regional planning in Canada.
Demography in Canada in the Twentieth Century
Focusing on the period from 1913 to 1995, this book offers a social and institutional account of the evolution of demography in Canada.
Planning the New Suburbia
Flexibility by Design
Everybody sneers at the suburb, but two-thirds of us now live there. Friedman's book shows how we might make the suburb liveable, affordable, adaptable and environmentally sustainable -- make them into real neighbourhoods.
Islands of Truth
The Imperial Fashioning of Vancouver Island
Timely, provocative, and a vital contribution to post-colonial studies, this book questions premises underlying much of present B.C. historical writing, arguing that international literature offers more fruitful ways of framing local historical experiences.
Houser
The Life and Work of Catherine Bauer, 1905-64
Catherine Bauer changed forever the concept of social housing and inspired a generation of urban activists to integrate public housing into the emerging welfare state of the mid-20th century. She was one of a small group of idealists who called themselves “Housers” because of their commitment to raising the quality of urban life through improving shelter for low-income families.
The Resettlement of British Columbia
Essays on Colonialism and Geographical Change
In this beautifully crafted collection of essays, Cole Harris reflects on the strategies of colonialism in British Columbia during the first 150 years after the arrival of European settlers.
Mega Urban Regions of Southeast Asia
The first comprehensive work on the subject of ASEAN mega-urban regions.
Houses for All
The Struggle for Social Housing in Vancouver, 1919-1950
This is the story of the struggle for social housing in Vancouver between 1919 and 1950.
Indigenous Peoples of the World
Their Past, Present and Future
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.
Land Resource Economics and Sustainable Development
Economic Policies and the Common Good
An introduction to issues of land use and the economic tools that are used to resolve land-use conflicts.
Four Centuries of Special Geography
An Annotated Guide to Books that Purport to Describe All the Countries in the World Published...
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.
Exploring Vancouver
The Essential Architectural Guide
The most comprehensive selection ever published of Vancouver's architecture -- modest and grand, historic and modern, attractive and not-so-attractive.
Field Experiments and Measurement Programs in Geomorphology
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.
Life Spaces
Gender, Household, Employment
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.
Field and Theory
Lectures in Geocryology
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.
For Most Conspicuous Bravery
A Biography of Major-General George R. Pearkes, V.C., through Two World Wars
Set against the background of Canada's twentieth century transformation from a rural and agricultural society into an urban technological nation, General Pearkes's career makes a compelling biographical study.