Urbanization in a Global Context
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Co-Editor: Linda Peake
Urbanization in a Global Context is a contributed text that helps Canadian students understand the process of urbanization by examining cities outside Canada across the global North and South. Truly international in its approach, it emphasizes the interconnectedness of urban places and fosters analysis that identifies the similarities and differences between cities in different world regions. Each chapter focuses on different contemporary urban issues – ranging from urban policy, climate change, and gender to transportation and water governance – and introduces current urban scholarly debates, grounding them in international case studies. How these issues resonate with the Canadian urban context is discussed in text boxes, which employ descriptive accounts, drawing on examples from a selection of small-, mid-, and large-sized Canadian cities. Activities and questions at the end of each chapter prompt students to collaborate with peers to further critically reflect upon how these urban issues could relate to their lived experience in Canadian cities.
- International Coverage, Canadian Perspectives. With strong thematic coverage of international cities, Urbanization in a Global Context is the only volume that helps students connect international trends and issues to the Canadian context.
- Expert Contributors. With contributions by Canada’s finest urban experts, Urbanization in a Global Context connects students with Canadian researchers working and researching internationally.
- Coverage of the global North and South. Includes relevant coverage of cities globally to give students a strong foundation in the differences and similarities between cities in the developed and developing world.
- Accessible. With strong foundational material, thematic chapters, and robust pedagogy Urbanization in a Global Context helps undergraduates create links between urban frameworks and issues and their everyday lives.