Urban Development

Urban planning, also known as regional planning, town planning, city planning, or rural planning, is a technical and political process that is focused on the development and design of land use and the built environment, including air, water, and the infrastructure passing into and out of urban areas, such as transportation, communications, and distribution networks and their accessibility. Traditionally, urban planning followed a top-down approach in master planning the physical layout of human settlements. The primary concern was the public welfare, which included considerations of efficiency, sanitation, protection and use of the environment, as well as effects of the master …

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Fraser Institute · 13 November 2024 English

Since 2000, Quebec’s real per-capita GDP has grown at an annual average of 1.2 percent, while Ontario’s has grown at 0.7 percent—both below the Canadian average. Ontario and Quebec’s real …

accompanied by a more dispersed pattern of urban development in Southern Ontario, driven by the demands wheat-based agricultural economy. In contrast, urban development in Quebec was concentrated around Montreal


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 12 November 2024 English

Railway commuting is today a mundane and routine necessity, yet for the Victorians it was a novel experience. It opened up new possibilities of living at a remove from the …

century were prefigured in London’s sub- urban development, as the wealthier sections of society moved


Environmental Defence · 17 September 2024 English

The redside dace has occupied and contributing habitat in cool water streams in the Main, West, and East subwatersheds within areas that would be paved over by Highway 413 construction.³⁸ …

continue to be threatened with the pressures of urban development and its impacts on corresponding natural systems it is evident that Highway 413 and related urban development, would have severe impacts on the natural elevated in the chorus frog blanding’s to urban development.⁷ West Humber, East Humber, turtle, Jefferson the increase of urban area. The increase in urban development will push back progress on achieving specific the watershed.65 Highway 413 and associated urban development will threaten already at-risk species by transforming


Community Foundation Canada · 16 September 2024 English

small- and medium-sized enterprises The new Storyteller-in-Residence program is part of UVic’s commitment to ʔetal nəwəl — which means relationships with 11.4: Strengthen efforts to protect and safeguard the lands, …

greater sacrifices in regional ocean use, urban development, and land use practices than if mitigation


EAC: Centre d'action écologique · 4 September 2024 English

Affordable and complete communities: Questions to ask What can HRM do to build more affordable and accessible housing options while housing remains the primary responsibility of the province? How can …

settlement is more significant than most urban development and densification. In 2023, HRM’s vacancy


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 3 September 2024 English

Lake Ontario has profoundly influenced the historical evolution of North America. For centuries it has enabled and enriched the societies that crowd¬ed its edges, from fertile agricultural landscapes to energy …

quantity and levels; energy, canals, and dams; urban development and built infrastructure; shipping and navigation;


BC Housing · 29 August 2024 English

General contractors in British Columbia that are building single-family homes and small residential buildings under Part 9 of the BC Building Code, are required to complete Continuing Professional Development (CPD). …

Contractors and Business Association • The Urban Development Institute of British Columbia • A local or


Environmental Defence · 1 August 2024 English

Inside, you’ll find a list of the best spots to visit along the southern stretch of the Humber River as well as information on threats to the river and how …

considered to be relatively healthy. But urban development – including the proposed Highway 413, road


3ci: Carleton Centre for Community Innovation · 29 July 2024 English

Governments are flailing—and, so far, failing—as they try to put in place the necessary policies and incentives for the private, public, and non-profit sectors to accelerate the construction of the …

Axworthy, a longtime policy advocate for urban development and a former federal Cabinet minister. Designed Institution Initiatives: An Overview of University Urban Development Literature. Metropolitan Universities, 32(2)


NCCIH: National Collaborating Centre for Indigineous Health · 26 July 2024 English

“The health of Indigenous people residing in urban centres” brings together accessible data and literature on the health of Indigenous people residing in urban settings in Canada. The report describes …

experiences of urban Indigenous healthy behaviours. Urban development (Baillie et al., 2017; youth, depending on


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