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Book Synopsis Conventional and Alternative Development Patterns by : Essiambre Phillips Desjardins Associates Ltd
Download or read book Conventional and Alternative Development Patterns written by Essiambre Phillips Desjardins Associates Ltd and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The purpose of this study is to compare the cost-effectiveness of two patterns of development: a conventional suburban development pattern; and a mixed-use, more compact development planned according to the principles of new urbanism."--Purpose.
Book Synopsis Brownfields Redevelopment and the Quest for Sustainability by : Christopher de Sousa
Download or read book Brownfields Redevelopment and the Quest for Sustainability written by Christopher de Sousa and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2008-03-03 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the role that brownfields redevelopment is playing and can play in our quest for sustainability, focusing on efforts in the US and Canada. This book looks at how brownfields are used as spaces for developing an array of residential, recreational, and employment-oriented projects that have breathed new life into the urban environment.
Book Synopsis Beyond the Global City by : Gordon Nelson
Download or read book Beyond the Global City written by Gordon Nelson and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2012-05-08 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Policies promoting Toronto as a global city and provincial economic engine have been seen as beneficial to the development of all of Ontario, yet much of the province has borne significant environmental, social, economic, and political costs as a result of one city's growth. Contributors to this volume call for a radical re-imagining of public policy at local, provincial, and federal levels, that accounts for Ontario's overlooked regions. Beyond the Global City presents a kaleidoscopic view of the province - the rich fields and small towns of the southwest, the productive agricultural lands of rural Huron County, historic Kingston and the Upper St Lawrence, the social and cultural diversity of the Ottawa valley, the near mythical woodlands and waters of Muskoka and Georgian Bay, and the heavily exploited coasts and waters of the Great Lakes - to provide a deeper understanding of its various communities. In a series of regional studies, contributors describe each area's distinctive qualities and challenges and offer recommendations about what is needed to move them forward in a more equitable and sustainable way. Two initial historical chapters lay the framework for the regional discussions, while cross-cutting and integrated chapters analyze the state of natural and cultural heritage and current development theory provincially, offering guidance for the future.
Book Synopsis Land Use Planning Made Plain by : Hok-Lin Leung
Download or read book Land Use Planning Made Plain written by Hok-Lin Leung and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2003-12-15 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Land Use Planning Made Plain is a practical guide for planners, administrators, politicians, developers, property owners, and the general public on how to make and implement land use decisions. It seeks to develop a set of coherent planning principles by drawing out useful and generally applicable elements from various systems and approaches. Hok-Lin Leung's focus is on planning at the city level, and he has organized the text according to the logical sequence of plan-making: justifications for making a land use plan, a plan for plan-making, planning goals, information, analysis, synthesis, and implementation. He addresses major debates in land planning today, including controversial material, and concludes with suggestions on the qualifications and qualities of a land use planner. By encouraging a shared understanding of the purpose, analytic skills and substantive considerations of plan-making – as well as the ways and means of plan-implementation – this book helps the planner to become more responsible and responsive to the many issues surrounding land use and its important role in addressing human needs.
Book Synopsis The Costs of Alternative Development Patterns by : James E. Frank
Download or read book The Costs of Alternative Development Patterns written by James E. Frank and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Sustainable Suburbs Study by : Calgary (Alta.). Planning & Building Department
Download or read book Sustainable Suburbs Study written by Calgary (Alta.). Planning & Building Department and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study is intended to facilitate the design of new residential communities that start to address fiscal, social, and environmental issues related to sustainability in Calgary, Alberta. The first part of this report provides background information on a sustainable community strategy, including the trends that will influence future communities and the major issues addressed. The second part proposes policies, performance standards, and design guidelines to achieve more sustainable community design. It also recommends a new hierarchy of planning documents, a more collaborative approach to preparing community plans, and proposals for implementing the policies. The major design elements of the strategy include a focal point and recognizable boundaries and entrances that give the community a distinct identity; a public activity center; a mixture of residential, public, and commercial uses; and protected natural areas.
Book Synopsis Managing Community Growth by : Eric Kelly
Download or read book Managing Community Growth written by Eric Kelly and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2004-12-30 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite roughly thirty years of experience with growth management programs, which are basically land-use planning tools, most U.S. communities do not plan for how best to limit or manage rapid growth; in fact, most communities do not plan at all. In the absence of planning, land-use boards, regulators, and other governing bodies simply react to initiatives from the private sector. The result is predictably haphazard and does not allow communities to achieve such goals as protecting quality of life, attracting certain types of businesses while discouraging others, conserving wildlife or preserving open spaces, and so forth. In contrast, planning by managing growth can help a town or city achieve any number of goals. But it is a complex task. This book brings the benefit of state and local experiences with growth management to researchers, students, and particularly practitioners who seek guidance in these matters. Kelly provides a much-needed context from which any community can answer the following questions: Does growth management work? Is it appropriate for the community and the particular problems that it is trying to address? Is one type of growth management program more appropriate than another for our community? Will the program in question have undesirable (or desirable) side effects?What are the likely effects of adopting no growth management program at all? This work is invaluable for the citizen volunteers who sit on land-use boards, including planning and zoning commissions, conservation commissions, and inland wetlands agencies. In addition, it can aid mayors, city managers, and city councils in interviewing and selecting candidates for town planner.
Book Synopsis Southeast False Creek Design Charette Exploring High Density, Sustainable Urban Development by : Dianne Perrier
Download or read book Southeast False Creek Design Charette Exploring High Density, Sustainable Urban Development written by Dianne Perrier and published by Cmhc. This book was released on 2000 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Southeast False Creek (SEFC) sustainable neighbourhood planning project is an initiative to redevelop approximately 32 hectares (79 acres) of industrial land on the False Creek waterfront, in the downtown of Vancouver, as a residential neighbourhood for between 8,000 and 10,000 people. SEFC is being designed to embody the principles of sustainable development in a manner appropriate to the scale, location, context, opportunities and constraints of the site. This report summarizes the results of a design charrette partially funded by CMHC, in partnership with the City of Vancouver, held in October 1998, to explore the implications of sustainable guidelines and separate policies proposed for the SEFC, particularly about 19 hectares (47 acres) of city-owned land within the 32 hectare study area. A core principle in the planning of the SEFC is that it should be a transferable model of high-density sustainable urban development. This report includes a brief history of the guideline development, the reasons for holding a charrette, a synopsis of CMHC research that was used, a critique of the effectiveness and value of the charrette. The report also includes drawings done at the charrette itself.
Book Synopsis The Art of Classic Planning by : Nir Haim Buras
Download or read book The Art of Classic Planning written by Nir Haim Buras and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2020-01-28 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An accomplished architect and urbanist goes back to the roots of what makes cities attractive and livable, demonstrating how we can restore function and beauty to our urban spaces for the long term. Nearly everything we treasure in the worldÕs most beautiful cities was built over a century ago. Cities like Prague, Paris, and Lisbon draw millions of visitors from around the world because of their exquisite architecture, walkable neighborhoods, and human scale. Yet a great deal of the knowledge and practice behind successful city planning has been abandoned over the last hundred yearsÑnot because of traffic, population growth, or other practical hurdles, but because of ill-considered theories emerging from Modernism and reactions to it. The errors of urban design over the last century are too great not to question. The solutions being offered todayÑsustainability, walkability, smart and green technologiesÑhint at what has been lost and what may be regained, but they remain piecemeal and superficial. In The Art of Classic Planning, architect and planner Nir Haim Buras documents and extends the time-tested and holistic practices that held sway before the reign of Modernism. With hundreds of full-color illustrations and photographs that will captivate architects, planners, administrators, and developers, The Art of Classic Planning restores and revitalizes the foundations of urban planning. Inspired by venerable cities like Kyoto, Vienna, and Venice, and by the great successes of LÕEnfantÕs Washington, HaussmannÕs Paris, and BurnhamÕs Chicago, Buras combines theory and a host of examples to arrive at clear guidelines for best practices in classic planning for todayÕs world. The Art of Classic Planning celebrates the enduring principles of urban design and invites us to return to building beautiful cities."
Book Synopsis Government Reports Announcements & Index by :
Download or read book Government Reports Announcements & Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Land Use Decision Making-- Its Role in a Sustainable Future for Michigan by :
Download or read book Land Use Decision Making-- Its Role in a Sustainable Future for Michigan written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Urban Stormwater Management in the United States by : National Research Council
Download or read book Urban Stormwater Management in the United States written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 611 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rapid conversion of land to urban and suburban areas has profoundly altered how water flows during and following storm events, putting higher volumes of water and more pollutants into the nation's rivers, lakes, and estuaries. These changes have degraded water quality and habitat in virtually every urban stream system. The Clean Water Act regulatory framework for addressing sewage and industrial wastes is not well suited to the more difficult problem of stormwater discharges. This book calls for an entirely new permitting structure that would put authority and accountability for stormwater discharges at the municipal level. A number of additional actions, such as conserving natural areas, reducing hard surface cover (e.g., roads and parking lots), and retrofitting urban areas with features that hold and treat stormwater, are recommended.
Book Synopsis The Costs of Sprawl by : Real Estate Research Corporation
Download or read book The Costs of Sprawl written by Real Estate Research Corporation and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Alternative Methods of Financing Municipal Infrastructure by : Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Download or read book Alternative Methods of Financing Municipal Infrastructure written by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper looks at some of the issues surrounding municipal infrastructure finance, including the importance of quality urban infrastructure, the perceived expenditure gap in existing facilities, estimated investment requirements, and the efficiency of current municipal development patterns. Alternative financing mechanisms are defined, discussed in terms of the circumstances for which they are best suited, and assessed in relation to six criteria: efficiency, equity, effectiveness, environmental sensitivity, innovation, and impact on the housing sector. These mechanisms include development charges, special district financing, user fees, bond financing, trust funds, privatization, and contracting.
Download or read book Urban Affairs written by Caroline Andrew and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2002 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Issues of urban policy are increasingly complex and important. Whether considered from a social, demographic, or economic perspective, Canada is overwhelmingly an urban nation and healthy, prosperous cities are the key to its well-being. What then, is our national policy toward urban affairs? In Urban Affairs leading experts in a variety of disciplines explore this question.
Book Synopsis Governing the Fragmented Metropolis by : Christina D. Rosan
Download or read book Governing the Fragmented Metropolis written by Christina D. Rosan and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2016-10-18 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today the challenges facing our nation's metropolitan regions are enormous: demographic change, aging infrastructure, climate change mitigation and adaptation, urban sprawl, spatial segregation, gentrification, education, housing affordability, regional equity, and more. Unfortunately, local governments do not have the capacity to respond to the interlocking set of problems facing metropolitan regions, and future challenges such as population growth and climate change will not make it easier. But will we ever have a more effective and sustainable approach to developing the metropolitan region? The answer may depend on our ability to develop a means to govern a metropolitan region that promotes population density, regional public transit systems, and the equitable development of city and suburbs within a system of land use and planning that is by and large a local one. If we want to plan for sustainable regions we need to understand and strengthen existing metropolitan planning arrangements. Christina D. Rosan observes that policy-makers and scholars have long agreed that we need metropolitan governance, but they have debated the best approach. She argues that we need to have a more nuanced understanding of both metropolitan development and local land use planning. She interviews over ninety local and regional policy-makers in Portland, Denver, and Boston, and compares the uses of collaboration and authority in their varying metropolitan planning processes. At one end of the spectrum is Portland's approach, which leverages its authority and mandates local land use; at the other end is Boston's, which offers capacity building and financial incentives in the hopes of garnering voluntary cooperation. Rosan contends that most regions lie somewhere in between and only by understanding our current hybrid system of local land use planning and metropolitan governance will we be able to think critically about what political arrangements and tools are necessary to support the development of environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable metropolitan regions.
Download or read book Environment and Planning written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 988 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journal of urban planning and design. Publishes research in the application of formal methods, methods models, and theories to spatial problems involving the built environment and the spatial structure of cities and regions. Includes the application of computers to planning and design, in particular the use of shape grammars, artificial intelligence, and morphological methods to buildings and towns, the use of multimedia and GIS in urban and regional planning, and the development of ideas concerning the virtual city.
