Rachel Barber
Biographic Data
| ID | 3718555 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rachel Barber |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rachel |
| FAMILY NAME | Barber |
| SIGNATURE | BARBER R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queen's University |
| ORCID | 0009-0003-5579-7897 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Yvonne Rydin, Planning Without Growth
Left behind and out of the loop
News outlets are closing across North America. The centralization and digitization of news outlets, along with the economic pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic, have accelerated the closure of local newspapers, radio stations, and television programs. Despite this, the spatial inequality of news outlets and news outlet closures remains understudied. This study outlines the geography of nearly 500 news outlet closures across Canada from 2008 to 202…
Cities on the edge
This article was published open access under a CC BY licence: https://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0
Silently ageing, quietly shrinking
Ser artesana
Videos, photographs, and descriptions of crafted textile production in Mexico, often made to promote the products or to document social impact projects, tend to emphasize the craft as an age-old practice or one that empowers women artists on a path to a better future. Both of these focuses, however, overlook the actual form this work takes in these women's day-to-day lives. This short film depicts a day in the life of Antonia, a Tseltal embroider…
The fate of closed schools
Public schools play a pivotal role in successful community development. Yet, with school closures on the rise across North America, there is limited knowledge on the outcomes of closed school properties. This study documents the afterlife of closed school properties in Ontario, Canada, identifying their potential beneficiaries, and assessing the prevalence of property vacancies. Using a dataset of over 400 schools closed between 2011 and 2021, we…
Excessive rightsizing? The interdependence of public school closures and population shrinkage
Shrinking cities have, by definition, lost population. Rightsizing is a strategic planning approach to mitigate the challenges of population loss by adjusting a municipality's services, amenities, or even footprint to fit a new demographic reality. While studies have documented the unacceptability and ineptitude of municipality‐driven rightsizing, public school closures have proliferated and quietly become a noteworthy material manifestation of p…
The city after property
Aging in place, stranded in space
Socio-spatial dimensions of school closures and neighbourhood change in Ontario
In addition to their educational purposes, public schools and their surrounding properties are essential to community liveability, as they enrich the daily lives of children, parents, and nearby residents. Yet, decisions are being made to close schools in Ontario, Canada based on declining enrolments, without due consideration of these benefits. Since 2011, over 400 public schools have been closed in Ontario, causing communities across the provin…
Debates sobre patrimonio cultural y la comercialización de expresiones colectivas
In this edition of Encartes we invite researchers to share their reflections on these issues surrounding the heritage of indigenous iconography and the cultural rights of indigenous communities
Excessive rightsizing? The interdependence of public school closures and population shrinkage
Shrinking cities have, by definition, lost population. Rightsizing is a strategic planning approach to mitigate the challenges of population loss by adjusting a municipality's services, amenities, or even footprint to fit a new demographic reality. While studies have documented the unacceptability and ineptitude of municipality‐driven rightsizing, public school closures have proliferated and quietly become a noteworthy material manifestation of p…
Silently ageing, quietly shrinking
Debates sobre patrimonio cultural y la comercialización de expresiones colectivas
In this edition of Encartes we invite researchers to share their reflections on these issues surrounding the heritage of indigenous iconography and the cultural rights of indigenous communities
Aging in place, stranded in space
Socio-spatial dimensions of school closures and neighbourhood change in Ontario
In addition to their educational purposes, public schools and their surrounding properties are essential to community liveability, as they enrich the daily lives of children, parents, and nearby residents. Yet, decisions are being made to close schools in Ontario, Canada based on declining enrolments, without due consideration of these benefits. Since 2011, over 400 public schools have been closed in Ontario, causing communities across the provin…
The fate of closed schools
Public schools play a pivotal role in successful community development. Yet, with school closures on the rise across North America, there is limited knowledge on the outcomes of closed school properties. This study documents the afterlife of closed school properties in Ontario, Canada, identifying their potential beneficiaries, and assessing the prevalence of property vacancies. Using a dataset of over 400 schools closed between 2011 and 2021, we…
Excessive rightsizing? The interdependence of public school closures and population shrinkage
Shrinking cities have, by definition, lost population. Rightsizing is a strategic planning approach to mitigate the challenges of population loss by adjusting a municipality's services, amenities, or even footprint to fit a new demographic reality. While studies have documented the unacceptability and ineptitude of municipality‐driven rightsizing, public school closures have proliferated and quietly become a noteworthy material manifestation of p…
The city after property
Cities on the edge
This article was published open access under a CC BY licence: https://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0
Silently ageing, quietly shrinking
Ser artesana
Videos, photographs, and descriptions of crafted textile production in Mexico, often made to promote the products or to document social impact projects, tend to emphasize the craft as an age-old practice or one that empowers women artists on a path to a better future. Both of these focuses, however, overlook the actual form this work takes in these women's day-to-day lives. This short film depicts a day in the life of Antonia, a Tseltal embroider…
Yvonne Rydin, Planning Without Growth
Left behind and out of the loop
News outlets are closing across North America. The centralization and digitization of news outlets, along with the economic pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic, have accelerated the closure of local newspapers, radio stations, and television programs. Despite this, the spatial inequality of news outlets and news outlet closures remains understudied. This study outlines the geography of nearly 500 news outlet closures across Canada from 2008 to 202…
Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Geography (5 works) · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (5 works) · Urbanization and City Planning (5 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Population (4 works) · Art (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Census (2 works)