Student Papers Series: Recent submissions
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Subsidizing Professional Sports Teams and Building New Facilities: Flagship Projects for Urban Renewal or Corporate Welfare?
(Institute of Urban Studies, 2014-10-15)The issue of taxpayer support of professional sports teams and for building new downtown facilities is a contentious one. Proponents argue this practice is beneficial to the community in terms of municipal revenue, economic ... -
Women in the City
(Institute of Urban Studies, 2014-10-15)That many women experience disadvantage in urban areas is, to some extent, due to misconceptions and false assumptions regarding their needs on the part of the city planning profession. The author explores some of ... -
Urban Gardening: Cultivating More Than Just Produce
(Institute of Urban Studies, 2006-01-01)The two sustainable development goals of high-density development and urban gardening have conflicted with each other in recent decades. When land is available, particularly in the inner-city, a choice must often be made ... -
Structural Design and Social Impacts in Winnipeg Central Park Neighbourhood
(Institute of Urban Studies, 2014-10-15)Th is study analyzes the relationship between structural design and social behavior within an urban public space, using Winnipeg Central Park as a case study. Th e fi ndings suggest that the structural dimensions leading ... -
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 ... -
Supermarket Redlining and Food Deserts: Characterizing Food Insecurity and Urban Decline
(Institute of Urban Studies, 2014-10-10)In recent decades, the act of supermarkets abandoning and disinvesting in inner city locations has resulted in increasing food insecurity and urban decline for residents. These so-called ‘food deserts’, occurring in ... -
Saint-Boniface: The Roman Catholic Values that Shape its Landscape
(Institute of Urban Studies, 2014-09-26)This paper begins by analyzing different divisions in the Saint-Boniface district. It explains the reasons for focusing on Central Saint-Boniface and more specifically on the Roman Catholic Church as leader in its landscape ... -
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, ... -
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 ... -
Panhandlers and Winnipeg’s by-law: Perceptions and realities
(Institute of Urban Studies, 2013-02-15)This exploratory qualitative research examines the impact of panhandling by-laws on panhandlers in downtown Winnipeg. Panhandlers' descriptions of their experiences make it clear that Winnipeg's Obstructive Solicitation ... -
The True North Arena: Downtown Revitalization and Decision-Making in Winnipeg
In 2001, Winnipeg’s City Council approved the demolition of the 96 year-old Eaton’s building to make way for a new sports arena in the heart of the city’s downtown. In spite of a growing body of research showing that sports ... -
Physical Activity and the Inner City: The Case of West Central Neighbourhood
Physical Activity and the Inner City: The Case of West Central Neighbourhood describes a community- university partnership project that provided benefits for the local community and enhanced the student’s knowledge of ... -
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 ... -
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. ...
