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An analysis of the transportation modes used by university students in Winnipeg : is the commute to school sustainable?
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The Big Box: Retail Sprawl In Winnipeg
Pioneered by massive retail chains like Wal-Mart and Home Depot, retail development in North America over the last decade has seen an increasing trend toward suburban “big-box” stores. Like most North American cities and ... -
By Any Other Name: The Street Sex Workers of Winnipeg
(2015-03-25)Prostitution is a matter that affects many in Winnipeg; most obviously, the women and girls who are exploited through street work in the north and west end communities. These women and children are disproportionately of ... -
Citizen participation in post-"Unicity" Winnipeg
(Institute of Urban Studies, 1991) -
City of God and Elite Squad: From Fatalistic Violence to Agency
(Institute of Urban Studies, 2014-09-19)Brazilian favelas (slums)have become cityscapes of exclusion, with their precarious housing on unpaved pathways, overcrowded places stigmatized as shelter for the urban poor and for criminals. This paper analyzes how ... -
Common Interest Development in Canada: Private Communities and the Future of Canadian Cities
(Institute of Urban Studies, 2014-10-15)This paper examines the phenomenon of Common Interest Developments (CIDs), more commonly known as “gated communities”, within the Canadian context. Comparing Canadian CIDs to their US counterparts. The author notes ... -
Community involvement in the site-selection process : a matter of citizen participation-the Manitoba Hazardous Waste Management Corporation
(Institute of Urban Studies, 1991) -
Ending or Obscuring Homelessness? Applying the White Racial Frame to Homeless Literature in Canada
(Institute of urban Studies, 2019-07-22)This paper summarizes existing literature on homelessness throughout Canada and then applies the White Racial Frame (WRF) to analyze homeless literature collected as part of two research projects to answer two questions: ... -
Exurban development in the Winnipeg region : the issue of services
(Institute of Urban Studies, 1996) -
From Controversy to Celebration: How the 1995 Relocation of Marcien Lemay's Riel from the Manitoba Legislature to Saint Boniface Impacted Its Public Reception
(Institute of Urban Studies, University of Winnipeg, 2022-06)In 1970, when the Manitoba government commissioned a statue of Louis Riel, one of Canada’s most significant (and most contentious) historical figures, the public expected a certain level of controversy. Commemorating an ... -
Gentrification : assessing the causes and effects / Winnipeg's municipal conflict of interest guidelines : problems and solutions
(Institute of Urban Studies, 1992) -
Gentrification : is the gentrification process negative by definition?
(Institute of Urban Studies, 1991) -
Impact of Discounted University Student Transit Fares on Winnipeg's Public Transit System
In 2000, Winnipeg Transit implemented a discounted monthly transit pass for use by post secondary students. The cost savings from this monthly pass has caused a small number of students to use public transit more often. ... -
Impeaching the car : an assessment of the potential for sustainable urban transportation
(Institute of Urban Studies, 1995) -
In search of a good neighbourhood
(Institute of Urban Studies, 1995) -
Increasing Public Transit Ridership Among University Of Manitoba Students: A Bus Rapid Transit Solution
(Institute of Urban Studies, 2002-04-11)Public transit ridership has decreased over the last 50 years as automobile ownership has increased. The environmental impacts of automobile use have prompted the need for more sustainable methods of transportation. ... -
Mixed-Income Housing Developments: Separating Myth from Reality
(Institute of Urban Studies, 2016-02-01)Mixed-income housing has long been promoted as a panacea to the largely-failed social housing experiments of the mid-twentieth century. However, more often than not, the social mix philosophy leads to more problems than ... -
The new autonomy and the urban environment : the political and societal implications of globalization for cities
(Institute of Urban Studies, 1998) -
New Uses for Old Buildings: Organic Renewal in the West Exchange District, 1975-2010
(Institute of Urban Studies, 2014-09-26)Since 1975, the Exchange District west of Main Street has emerged as downtown Winnipeg’s most successful and interesting neighbourhoods. Built up as a wholesale warehouse district in the late 19th and early 20th century, ... -
The Opportunity Cost of Surface Parking in Downtown Winnipeg
(Institute of Urban Studies, 2008-01-01)The provision of parking is a necessary land use in any city. However, there can be a point at which there is too much parking. Such may be the case in Downtown Winnipeg. The excessive amount of parking in the downtown may ...
