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More people than ever before are living in urban settlements, increasing competition for living space, employment, food, water, and energy. Urbanisation poses many challenges, most notably meeting the basic health and well-being needs of inhabitants. One ... see more

The argument of this paper is that sustainability requires a new worldview-paradigm. It critically evaluates Gore’s liberal-based environmentalism in order to show how “shallow ecologies” are called into question by deeper ecologies. This analysis leads t... see more

This case study of a dispute over a project to construct a road through green space in a small Canadian city brings together two hitherto separate theoretical approaches to mobility disputes: "culture stories" and "regimes of engagement". The stories oppo... see more

This special issue of Canadian Journal of Sociology on ‘Contentious Mobilities’ showcases Canadian scholarship that investigates mobilities in the context of unequal power relations. Mobilities become contentious when they confront the systematic exclusio... see more

Based on a comparison of two public elementary schools located on the east and west sides of Vancouver, British Columbia, the paper explores the effects of spatial and social contexts on parents’ school traffic safety practices. By taking into account the... see more

The study of mobility is a growth area in the social sciences. The car system (automobility) has hadas one of its consequences reduced opportunities for mobility impaired people to walk in their localenvironment. Immobility has resulted for many people wi... see more

The growing involvement of cities in the fight against climate change is probably one of the most significant features of today’s environmental governance. Beyond contributing to mitigation and adaptation efforts, urban climate action also helps in unders... see more

The growing involvement of cities in the fight against climate change is probably one of the most significant features of today’s environmental governance. Beyond contributing to mitigation and adaptation efforts, urban climate action also helps in unders... see more

The study of mobility is a growth area in the social sciences. The car system (automobility) has hadas one of its consequences reduced opportunities for mobility impaired people to walk in their localenvironment. Immobility has resulted for many people wi... see more

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