Scholarly books may be a useful resource for you project. Some may contain case studies and/or have a regional or city focus.
To learn the basics of how to find books using the Library's catalogue, please consult the Books page found in the MUI @ UTM guide.
In addition to keyword or author searching, try using subject headings to surface books on a topic. Here's a list of some of the subject headings associated with the e-books listed below:
| Central business districts | Political participation--[country name, e.g. United States, Canada] |
| Cities and towns--Growth Cities and towns--[country name, e.g. Canada, United States]--Growth. |
Shrinking cities |
| City and town life | Strategic alliances (Business) |
| City planning City planning--[country name, e.g. United States, Canada] City planning--Technological innovations |
Urban economics--[country name, e.g. United States, Canada] |
| Climate change mitigation [or other topic]--Government policy--[state name, e.g. California, Ontario]--[city name, e.g. Los Angeles, Toronto] | Urban planning |
| Cluster analysis | Urban policy--[country name, e.g. United States, Canada] |
| Community development, Urban--[country name, e.g. United States, Canada] | |
| Local government--[country name, e.g. United States, Canada] | |
| Manufacturing industries--location--[country name, e.g. United States, Canada] | |
| Municipal government--[country name, e.g. United States, Canada] |
Some of the above headings may only generate relevant results in combination with others. Experiment with the subject headings listed there by clicking through to generate a search using a heading OR make a note of it and incorporate this into a future catalogue search.