Nik Luka
Biographic Data
| ID | 878640 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nik Luka |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nik |
| FAMILY NAME | Luka |
| SIGNATURE | LUKA N |
| AFFILIATIONS | McGill University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1804-4066 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Inside Montréal’s inclusionary zoning debate
Inclusionary housing strategies have been implemented for several decades across North America and Europe, and debate on their effectiveness continues apace among scholars and practitioners. Although studies have documented disagreements about site-specific inclusionary mechanisms, formal deliberations leading up to citywide inclusionary policies have rarely been examined. We take advantage of Montréal’s process of citywide public hearings to ana…
Commoning, heterotopia, and transformation
Commoning occurs when people recognize that they share something and develop a sense of mutuality toward each other along with a shared responsibility for whatever they share. Because sharing and mutuality contrast with the individualism, competitiveness, and profit orientation of contemporary capitalist societies, commoning is widely heralded for its transformative potential. Nonetheless, commoning is not inherently transformative. We argue that…
Introduction to the Special Section
What happens if one takes recreational mobilities as a point of departure for making sense of the compact city? This special issue offers interdisciplinary explorations of how one might approach studies of cities and metropolitan regions in new ways, using recreational mobilities as both lens and focal point. In so doing, the contributions aim to advance recreational mobilities as a critical theme for scholarship and practice. We specifically hop…
Walking beyond the city? On the importance of recreational mobilities for landscape planning, urban design, and public policy
Walking engenders many descriptive, normative, and speculative debates. This article reviews work done in the interventionist realms of landscape planning, urban design, and public policy, where attention is increasingly being paid to walking (as a matter of fact) and its often-prescriptive corollary of 'walkability' (as a matter of concern). What patterns of critical engagement are seen in work on how, why, and where people walk? I explore how (…
Beyond Circular Thinking
Transit‐oriented development (TOD) plays a significant role within contemporary planning policies for ‘smart growth’ and sustainable development, particularly in Europe and North America. As a well‐rehearsed practice, this planning model is due for critical assessment and improvement in terms of its ability to incorporate dynamic and heterogeneous socio‐spatial processes as matters of concern. Analyses of the conditions for ‘making TOD work’ in t…
Contested periurban amenity landscapes
Periurban second homes have received limited attention in landscape research, but they can offer important insight for landscape histories of urbanisation. This paper focuses on the hundreds of thousands of waterfront ‘cottages’ or ‘chalets’ found in central Canada’s densely-populated Toronto-Montréal urban corridor. A review of scholarly work examines how wide swaths of forest have become periurban amenity landscapes over the last 150 years. An …
Le « cottage » comme pratique intergénérationnelle
Le présent article porte sur la « multirésidence » et l'hyper-mobilité dans la région de Toronto, qui se manifestent dans l'utilisation à grande échelle de résidences secondaires dans le centre de l'Ontario. Comment ces fameux « cottages » ontariens permettent-ils aux ménages, surtout ceux avec de jeunes enfants et des adolescents, de se situer dans l'espace et dans le temps? Suite à une étude minutieuse des patterns, usages, expériences et signi…
Waterfront Second Homes in the Central Canada Woodlands Images, Social Practice, and Attachment to Multiple Residency
Building Suburbia
Beyond Circular Thinking
Transit‐oriented development (TOD) plays a significant role within contemporary planning policies for ‘smart growth’ and sustainable development, particularly in Europe and North America. As a well‐rehearsed practice, this planning model is due for critical assessment and improvement in terms of its ability to incorporate dynamic and heterogeneous socio‐spatial processes as matters of concern. Analyses of the conditions for ‘making TOD work’ in t…
Walking beyond the city? On the importance of recreational mobilities for landscape planning, urban design, and public policy
Walking engenders many descriptive, normative, and speculative debates. This article reviews work done in the interventionist realms of landscape planning, urban design, and public policy, where attention is increasingly being paid to walking (as a matter of fact) and its often-prescriptive corollary of 'walkability' (as a matter of concern). What patterns of critical engagement are seen in work on how, why, and where people walk? I explore how (…
Introduction to the Special Section
What happens if one takes recreational mobilities as a point of departure for making sense of the compact city? This special issue offers interdisciplinary explorations of how one might approach studies of cities and metropolitan regions in new ways, using recreational mobilities as both lens and focal point. In so doing, the contributions aim to advance recreational mobilities as a critical theme for scholarship and practice. We specifically hop…
Le « cottage » comme pratique intergénérationnelle
Le présent article porte sur la « multirésidence » et l'hyper-mobilité dans la région de Toronto, qui se manifestent dans l'utilisation à grande échelle de résidences secondaires dans le centre de l'Ontario. Comment ces fameux « cottages » ontariens permettent-ils aux ménages, surtout ceux avec de jeunes enfants et des adolescents, de se situer dans l'espace et dans le temps? Suite à une étude minutieuse des patterns, usages, expériences et signi…
Contested periurban amenity landscapes
Periurban second homes have received limited attention in landscape research, but they can offer important insight for landscape histories of urbanisation. This paper focuses on the hundreds of thousands of waterfront ‘cottages’ or ‘chalets’ found in central Canada’s densely-populated Toronto-Montréal urban corridor. A review of scholarly work examines how wide swaths of forest have become periurban amenity landscapes over the last 150 years. An …
Building Suburbia
Waterfront Second Homes in the Central Canada Woodlands Images, Social Practice, and Attachment to Multiple Residency
Le « cottage » comme pratique intergénérationnelle
Le présent article porte sur la « multirésidence » et l'hyper-mobilité dans la région de Toronto, qui se manifestent dans l'utilisation à grande échelle de résidences secondaires dans le centre de l'Ontario. Comment ces fameux « cottages » ontariens permettent-ils aux ménages, surtout ceux avec de jeunes enfants et des adolescents, de se situer dans l'espace et dans le temps? Suite à une étude minutieuse des patterns, usages, expériences et signi…
Contested periurban amenity landscapes
Periurban second homes have received limited attention in landscape research, but they can offer important insight for landscape histories of urbanisation. This paper focuses on the hundreds of thousands of waterfront ‘cottages’ or ‘chalets’ found in central Canada’s densely-populated Toronto-Montréal urban corridor. A review of scholarly work examines how wide swaths of forest have become periurban amenity landscapes over the last 150 years. An …
Beyond Circular Thinking
Transit‐oriented development (TOD) plays a significant role within contemporary planning policies for ‘smart growth’ and sustainable development, particularly in Europe and North America. As a well‐rehearsed practice, this planning model is due for critical assessment and improvement in terms of its ability to incorporate dynamic and heterogeneous socio‐spatial processes as matters of concern. Analyses of the conditions for ‘making TOD work’ in t…
Introduction to the Special Section
What happens if one takes recreational mobilities as a point of departure for making sense of the compact city? This special issue offers interdisciplinary explorations of how one might approach studies of cities and metropolitan regions in new ways, using recreational mobilities as both lens and focal point. In so doing, the contributions aim to advance recreational mobilities as a critical theme for scholarship and practice. We specifically hop…
Walking beyond the city? On the importance of recreational mobilities for landscape planning, urban design, and public policy
Walking engenders many descriptive, normative, and speculative debates. This article reviews work done in the interventionist realms of landscape planning, urban design, and public policy, where attention is increasingly being paid to walking (as a matter of fact) and its often-prescriptive corollary of 'walkability' (as a matter of concern). What patterns of critical engagement are seen in work on how, why, and where people walk? I explore how (…
Commoning, heterotopia, and transformation
Commoning occurs when people recognize that they share something and develop a sense of mutuality toward each other along with a shared responsibility for whatever they share. Because sharing and mutuality contrast with the individualism, competitiveness, and profit orientation of contemporary capitalist societies, commoning is widely heralded for its transformative potential. Nonetheless, commoning is not inherently transformative. We argue that…
Inside Montréal’s inclusionary zoning debate
Inclusionary housing strategies have been implemented for several decades across North America and Europe, and debate on their effectiveness continues apace among scholars and practitioners. Although studies have documented disagreements about site-specific inclusionary mechanisms, formal deliberations leading up to citywide inclusionary policies have rarely been examined. We take advantage of Montréal’s process of citywide public hearings to ana…
Sociology (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies (3 works) · Urban Planning and Governance (3 works) · Urban Transport and Accessibility (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Mobilities (2 works) · Political science (2 works)