About ‘More Resources’
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Website links
Multimedia links
A Sun News piece on the changing of Canada’s demographics over the coming decades:
http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/2013/06/14/boomers-and-bust
Gordon Brown has a conversation at a TED talk about the importance of re-forming international bodies with a global ethic, and how that does (and does not)conflict with national interests:
http://www.ted.com/talks/gordon_brown_on_global_ethic_vs_national_interest?language=en
Readings: Population, Urban Life, and the Environment
Gould, K., & Lewis, T. (eds). (2014). Twenty Lessons in Environmental Sociology (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
This book provides the reader with 20 essays from a critical political economy perspective that cover a broad range of important topics in environmental sociology today. The book begins with essays on theory and then delves into critical issues such as environmental destruction, the role of the state, the power of global media, demography, inequality and injustice, climate change, food production, development, and ecotourism.
Guay, L., & Hamel, P. (2014). Cities and Urban Sociology. Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press.
From classical perspectives like the Chicago School through contemporary postmodern ones, this Canadian book explores the history, trends, and movements shaping cities and urban life in Canada. Using a comprehensive framework, a broad range of issues is covered including urban planning, diversity in Canada, industrialization, urban problems, and governance issues. This book also includes discussions of smart growth, climate change, and sustainability.
Hiller, H. (2009). Urban Canada (2nd ed.). Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press.
In this book, Hiller and several guest authors discuss important issues around urbanization in Canada. As 80 per cent of Canadians live in urban areas today, there is a wide range of issues that continue to emerge in Canada’s diverse cities. Relevant issues discussed in the book include immigration, the situations for urban Aboriginal peoples, consumption, community spaces, housing, and social policy. Theory and methodology are also discussed as a way to provide readers with insight into contemporary research on urbanization.
Randers, J. (2012). 2052: A Global Forecast for the Next Forty Years. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing.
Randers is one of the coauthors of the book discussed in the text Limits to Growth: The 30 Year Update (2004). In 2052, he provides a new progress report and forecasts the next 40 years using dozens of experts’ best predictions on how economies, resources, the climate, cities, and so on will look over the coming decades.
Trovato, F. (2008). Canada’s Population in a Global Context: An Introduction to Social Demography. Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press.
In Trovato’s book, readers are introduced to key demographic concepts while also being given tools for understanding the public policy implications of changing population dynamics. Age, sex, fertility, mortality, and migration in Canada are contextualized within a global context in order to understand the broader picture regarding how changes in Canada impact the rest of the world and vice versa.
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