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The rise to power of one of Canada's most progressive municipal movements in recent memory. When it was dreamed up in the early 2000s by a transportation bureaucrat with a quixotic dream of bringing tramways back to the streets of Montreal, few expected Projet Montréal to go anywhere. But a decade and a half later, the party was a grassroots powerhouse with an ambitious agenda that had taken power at city hall--after dumping its founder, barely surviving a divisive leadership campaign and earning the ire of motorists across Quebec. Projet Montréal aspired to transform Montreal into a green, human-scale city with few, if any equal in North America. Equal parts reportage, oral history and memoir, Saving the City chronicles what the party did right, where it failed, and where it's headed. Written from the perspective of someone who worked for Projet Montréal's administration for almost a decade, Daniel Sanger's book draws on dozens of interviews with other actors in the party and on the municipal scene, past and present. A highly readable history of Montreal municipal politics over the past 30 years, Saving the City will also discuss issues of interest to city-dwellers across Canada. Are political parties at the municipal level a good thing? Is Montreal's borough system a model for other big cities? What are the best ways to control urban car use? What is the optimum width for a sidewalk? The best kind of street tree? And why free parking is a terrible idea.
Saving the City provides a detailed analysis of the attempts of ancient writers and thinkers, from Homer to Cicero, to construct and recommend political ideals of statesmanship and ruling, of the political community and of how it should be founded in justice. Malcolm Schofield debates to what extent the Greeks and Romans deal with the same issues as modern political thinkers.
At a time when incivility appears to be on the rise and increasingly tolerated, Diane Kalen-Sukra's new book, Save Your City, is a vital call to action for communities and leaders everywhere. The book takes readers from the very beginning of democracy to the challenges being addressed by communities today. This special Municipal World edition contains a forward by George B. Cuff and an exclusive companion workbook.
A week before the outbreak of the First World War, an acute financial crisis surged over London: the Stock Exchange closed; money markets worldwide were paralysed. Drawing on diaries, letters, memoirs, press reports, and official archives, this book tells the extraordinary, and largely unknown, story of the first true global financial crisis.
"The rise to power of one of Canada's most progressive municipal movements in recent memory. When it was dreamed up in the early 2000s by a transportation bureaucrat with a quixotic dream of bringing tramways back to the streets of Montreal, few expected Projet Montréal to go anywhere. But a decade and a half later, the party was a grassroots powerhouse with an ambitious agenda that had taken power at city hall--after dumping its founder, barely surviving a divisive leadership campaign and earning the ire of motorists across Quebec. Projet Montréal aspired to transform Montreal into a green, human-scale city with few, if any equal in North America. Equal parts reportage, oral history and memoir, Saving the City chronicles what the party did right, where it failed, and where it's headed. Written from the perspective of someone who worked for Projet Montréal's administration for almost a decade, Daniel Sanger's book draws on dozens of interviews with other actors in the party and on the municipal scene, past and present. A highly readable history of Montreal municipal politics over the past 30 years, Saving the City will also discuss issues of interest to city-dwellers across Canada. Are political parties at the municipal level a good thing? Is Montreal's borough system a model for other big cities? What are the best ways to control urban car use? What is the optimum width for a sidewalk? The best kind of street tree? And why free parking is a terrible idea."--
Community development expert Ilana Preuss explains how local leaders can revitalize their downtowns or neighborhood main streets by bringing in and supporting small-scale manufacturing. Small-scale manufacturing businesses help create thriving places, with local business ownership opportunities and well-paying jobs that other business types can't fulfill.
Jeff Speck has dedicated his career to determining what makes cities thrive. And he has boiled it down to one key factor: walkability. The very idea of a modern metropolis evokes visions of bustling sidewalks, vital mass transit, and a vibrant, pedestrian-friendly urban core. But in the typical American city, the car is still king, and downtown is a place that's easy to drive to but often not worth arriving at. Making walkability happen is relatively easy and cheap; seeing exactly what needs to be done is the trick. In this essential new book, Speck reveals the invisible workings of the city, how simple decisions have cascading effects, and how we can all make the right choices for our communities. Bursting with sharp observations and real-world examples, giving key insight into what urban planners actually do and how places can and do change, Walkable City lays out a practical, necessary, and eminently achievable vision of how to make our normal American cities great again.
Saving the City provides a detailed analysis of the attempts of ancient writers and thinkers, from Homer to Cicero, to construct and recommend political ideals of statesmanship and ruling, of the political community and of how it should be founded in justice. Malcolm Schofield debates to what extent the Greeks and Romans deal with the same issues as modern political thinkers.
In London, the world's foremost financial centre, the week before the outbreak of the First World War saw the breakdown of the markets, culminating with the closure for the first time ever of the London Stock Exchange on Friday 31 July. Outside the Bank of England a long anxious queue waited to change bank notes for gold sovereigns. Bankers believed that a run on the banks was underway, threatening the collapse of the banking system—all with the nation on the eve of war. This book tells the extraordinary, and largely unknown, story of this acute financial crisis that surged over London and around the globe. Drawing on diaries, letters, and memoirs of participants and a wide range of press coverage, as well as government and bank archives, it presents a lively and colourful account of a remarkable episode in financial and social history, outlining the drama of the collapse and the measures taken to contain it. This crucial and compelling 'missing piece' in the world's financial development was the first true global financial crisis, and proved a landmark in the management of financial crises.
The Adventures of Sparky: A Superhero Kid Saving the City by AQEEL AHMED Pdf
Summary about this story: "When a storm brought dark clouds over the city, Sam, now known as Sparky, and his best friend Lily went on a quest to find out what was going on. Their journey led them to an abandoned laboratory and the secret legacy of Captain Techno, the city's missing protector. In their search for the missing "Spark Suit," they overcame obstacles and brought the community together. Sparky's determination and the power of the suit got rid of the storm and brought the city together. The people of Techno Ville cheered for Sparky, their new hero, as his last burst of energy beat the Shadow Storm and the city was once again filled with sunlight. Sparky's legacy taught people about the power of working together, having courage, and how ordinary people can rise to meet extraordinary obstacles. As time went on, Sparky kept protecting Techno Ville from dangers, showing that everyone has the power to do great things. With a renewed sense of community, kindness, and a shared goal, the city grew and thrived. Sparky's memory lives on in Techno Ville, a city that was once covered in darkness. This is a tribute to the bravery that saved the city and the unity that grew afterward. Sparky's memory has become an example of how to deal with problems, work together, and make the world a better place. The story of Sparky, the superhero kid who saved Techno Ville, showed that anyone can be a hero and start a fire of change that can light up the whole world. The Story Starts: A little boy named Sam lived in the middle of the busy city of Techno Ville. Sam was always surrounded by the city's lively, exciting energy. Even though the streets were noisy because they were in a city, Sam was a normal kid who fit in well with regular life. The way he looked might not have made him stand out in a crowd, but his mind was full of insatiable curiosity and his heart held an amazing treasure trove of ideas. Sam's day consisted of going to school, playing sports, and doing many other things that kids do every day. But despite all the normal things that happened, he still had a special spark inside of him. This flame was fed by his strong interest in the unusual. Sam's best thing to do was to get lost in the colorful pages of comic books. Each one was a doorway to a world where heroes wore capes and masks to protect the world from evil. Sam's favorite comics were The Amazing Spider-Man and The Amazing Spider-Man 2. As the sun lit up Techno Ville's tall buildings and winding streets, Sam could often be found in a quiet corner of his room, surrounded by his favorite comic book collection. Sam's mind filled with vivid pictures of heroes like "Captain Valor" and "Star Sentinel," whose adventures jumped off the pages and into his head as he read them. Sam's heart rate went up as he turned the pages, and his eyes got bigger as he read about the great things the other characters did. Sam found a deep desire inside himself while listening to other people's stories of bravery and kindness. When he was by himself, he would often close his eyes and think about what it would be like to have amazing powers, like being able to fly through the sky or have a lot of strength. These goals weren't just daydreams; they were the start of a secret goal that he kept close to himself even as he dealt with the everyday problems of childhood. Sam was interested in superheroes for a lot more than just fun. It made him want to make a positive change in the lives of the people around him and gave him the drive to do so. He didn't want to just watch these larger-than-life characters from the sides; he wanted to join them and be a light in a dark world. He didn't want to just stand by and watch these people who were bigger than life. Sam's heart grew in Techno Ville, where tall towers reached for the sky and technology pulsed with a steady beat. There, his dreams, and reality met, and that's where he found the most happiness. As he read each comic book, he took in the ideas that his best fictional characters stood for, like having compassion for those in need and a strong will to keep going no matter what. These good qualities left a permanent mark on his heart and became the core of who he was. Sam's thoughts sometimes took him to a place where he was flying high above the city's skyline with a cape flowing behind him and looking down at the streets below. This would happen right before he went to sleep. He saw himself helping people who needed it, saving kittens who were stuck in trees, and stopping traffic so that old people could cross the street safely. The inspiration for these stories was the desire to bring love and light to a world that needed a hero. They were not just random thoughts or flights of fancy. Sam's hunger grew as the days went into weeks, and then into months. This pushed him toward an uncertain future. The days turned into weeks, which turned into months. After he finished each comic book, he realized that he wasn't just inspired by the books' heroic tales, but also by a strong sense of purpose. He wanted to make a world where fiction and reality were hard to tell apart and where the hero, he wanted to be not just a character on a page but a real-life example of hope. A young boy named Sam grew his dreams in the rich soil of his mind when he lived in Techno Ville, a place where dreams and reality were linked. He was no longer a bystander in the world of heroes. Instead, he was about to go on a trip that would turn him from an ordinary young man into an amazing force for good. Sam was about to be thrown into a future that was meant for him, one in which he would become the superhero he had always dreamed of becoming. Sam's goals were about to meet the heartbeat of the city, the pulse of its people, and the soul of Techno Ville itself.
The Fight to Save the Town by Michelle Wilde Anderson Pdf
A sweeping and eye-opening study of wealth inequality and the dismantling of local government in four working-class US cities that passionately argues for reinvestment in people-centered leadership and offers “a welcome reminder of what government can accomplish if given the chance” (San Francisco Chronicle). Decades of cuts to local government amidst rising concentrations of poverty have wreaked havoc on communities left behind by the modern economy. Some of these discarded places are rural. Others are big cities, small cities, or historic suburbs. Some vote blue, others red. Some are the most diverse communities in America, while others are nearly all white, all Latino, or all Black. All are routinely trashed by outsiders for their poverty and their politics. Mostly, their governments are just broke. Forty years after the anti-tax revolution began protecting wealthy taxpayers and their cities, our high-poverty cities and counties have run out of services to cut, properties to sell, bills to defer, and risky loans to take. In this “astute and powerful vision for improving America” (Publishers Weekly), urban law expert and author Michelle Wilde Anderson offers unsparing, humanistic portraits of the hardships left behind in four such places. But this book is not a eulogy or a lament. Instead, Anderson travels to four blue-collar communities that are poor, broke, and progressing. Networks of leaders and residents in these places are facing down some of the hardest challenges in American poverty today. In Stockton, California, locals are finding ways, beyond the police department, to reduce gun violence and treat the trauma it leaves behind. In Josephine County, Oregon, community leaders have enacted new taxes to support basic services in a rural area with fiercely anti-government politics. In Lawrence, Massachusetts, leaders are figuring out how to improve job security and wages in an era of backbreaking poverty for the working class. And a social movement in Detroit, Michigan, is pioneering ways to stabilize low-income housing after a wave of foreclosures and housing loss. Our smallest governments shape people’s safety, comfort, and life chances. For decades, these governments have no longer just reflected inequality—they have helped drive it. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Anderson shows that “if we learn to save our towns, we will also be learning to save ourselves” (The New York Times Book Review).
Author : John Sewell Publisher : University of Toronto Press Page : 278 pages File Size : 44,8 Mb Release : 1993-12-15 Category : Political Science ISBN : 9781442659308
Critics have long voiced concerns about the wisdom of living in cities and the effects of city life on physical and mental health. For a century, planners have tried to meet these issues. John Sewell traces changes in urban planning, from the pre-Depression garden cities to postwar modernism and a revival of interest in the streetscape grid. In this far-ranging review, Sewell recounts the arrival of modern city planning with its emphasis on lower densities, limited access streets, segregated uses, and considerable green space. He makes Toronto a case history, with its pioneering suburban development in Don Mills and its other planned communities, including Regent Park, St Jamestown, Thorncrest Village, and Bramalea. The heyday of the modern planning movement was in the 1940s to the 1960s, and the Don Mills concept was repeated in spirit and in style across Canada. Eventually, strong public reaction brought modern planning almost to a halt within the city of Toronto. The battles centred on saving the Old City Hall and stopping the Spadina Expressway. Sewell concludes that although the modernist approach remains ascendant in the suburbs, the City of Toronto has begun to replace it with alternatives that work. This is a reflective but vigorous statement by a committed urban reformer. Few Canadians are better suited to point the way towards city planning for the future.
Can Neighbourhoods Save the City? by Frank Moulaert,Erik Swyngedouw,Flavia Martinelli,Sara Gonzalez Pdf
For decades, neighbourhoods been pivotal sites of social, economic and political exclusion processes, and civil society initiatives, attempting bottom-up strategies of re-development and regeneration. In many cases these efforts resulted in the creation of socially innovative organizations, seeking to satisfy the basic human needs of deprived population groups, to increase their political capabilities and to improve social interaction both internally and between the local communities, the wider urban society and political world. SINGOCOM - Social INnovation GOvernance and COMmunity building – is the acronym of the EU-funded project on which this book is based. Sixteen case studies of socially-innovative initiatives at the neighbourhood level were carried out in nine European cities, of which ten are analysed in depth and presented here. The book compares these efforts and their results, and shows how grass-roots initiatives, alternative local movements and self-organizing urban collectives are reshaping the urban scene in dynamic, creative, innovative and empowering ways. It argues that such grass-roots initiatives are vital for generating a socially cohesive urban condition that exists alongside the official state-organized forms of urban governance. The book is thus a major contribution to socio-political literature, as it seeks to overcome the duality between community-development studies and strategies, and the solidarity-based making of a diverse society based upon the recognising and maintaining of citizenship rights. It will be of particular interest to both students and researchers in the fields of urban studies, social geography and political science.
A modern-day classic. This highly acclaimed adventure series about two friends desperate to save their doomed city has captivated kids and teachers alike for almost fifteen years and has sold over 3.5 MILLION copies! The city of Ember was built as a last refuge for the human race. Two hundred years later, the great lamps that light the city are beginning to flicker. When Lina finds part of an ancient message, she’s sure it holds a secret that will save the city. She and her friend Doon must race to figure out the clues before the lights go out on Ember forever! Nominated to 28 State Award Lists! An American Library Association Notable Children’s Book A New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing Selection A Kirkus Reviews Editors’ Choice A Child Magazine Best Children’s Book A Mark Twain Award Winner A William Allen White Children’s Book Award Winner “A realistic post-apocalyptic world. DuPrau’s book leaves Doon and Lina on the verge of undiscovered country and readers wanting more.” —USA Today “An electric debut.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred “While Ember is colorless and dark, the book itself is rich with description.” —VOYA, Starred “A harrowing journey into the unknown, and cryptic messages for readers to decipher.” —Kirkus Reviews, Starred
