Urban Planning

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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IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 17 April 2024 English

An essential tool for policy-makers working to develop a sector-wide vision for responsible mining.

efficiency of the transport network, rural and urban planning, and biodiversity conservation efforts. •


8-80 Cities · 27 March 2024 English

We can’t wait to see what you do with this Guelph, Saskatoon, Oshawa, Brandon, Detroit and Buffalo! 4 | 8 80 CITIES YEARBOOK 2023 | 5 We Are 8 80 …

systemic racism that can be perpetrated by urban planning practices and plan and deliver all projects 282 voices of those who the placemaking and urban planning fields typically leave out. This program is


EAC: Centre d'action écologique · 26 March 2024 English

The Case for Building Complete Communities in Halifax Regional Municipality ecologyaction.ca The Problem Urban Sprawl In the 1950s, Canada saw the creation of So how do we change our communities …

understand the governance structure surrounding urban planning. In many suburban communities, land use is Resources Interested in learning more about urban planning and complete communities? Here are a few resources


EAC: Centre d'action écologique · 13 March 2024 English

it has reverberations for the areas around it as well.” As organizing efforts to protect the Sandy Lake-Sackville River area intensify, the integration of art and environmental activism is emerging …

bring together the disciplines of public art, urban planning, creative Fly Ranch at the Burning Man site


Environmental Defence · 11 March 2024 English

OF GOvErnmEnT” 9 The emissions reductions from changing the All of these policy interventions can be built environment of our towns and cities is achieved with the program design of …

Avoid Reducing Vehicle Land Use: Improving urban planning Kilometres Travelled to enable people to make facilities in a sustainable mobility perspective, Urban, Planning and Transport Research, 8:1, 1-23, DOI: 10


Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy · 5 March 2024 English

The participant expressed Assessment Toolkit in August 2022 to evaluate the impact of urban frustration over the unnecessary politicization of topics that, in es- policies on wellbeing, and to assess …

another meaningful integration of health into urban planning. Furthermore, barrier to effecting change. indispensable role of developers in translating urban planning example, one interviewee explained the difficulty connection for seniors living in the suburbs. Urban Planning, 4(2), 43-52. Mahani, A., Lyeo, J.S., Fung of health and equity into urban design and urban planning decisions and policies in Regina Saskatchewan


Great Lakes United · 1 March 2024 English

Army Corps of Engineers Kerith Brand Public and Governmental Affairs Attachée Quebec Government Office John Bratton Senior Science Officer LimnoTech Kristin Brier Vice President of Planning Ports of Indiana Eric …

Mayor Port Colborne, ON Linda Sternheimer VP of Urban Planning Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority Sadie


ICP: Institute for Community Prosperity · 27 February 2024 English

He is an advisor to the Nonprofit Resilience Lab, and on the Editorial Advisory Board of The Philanthropist, and is the lead author of an annual scan of trends and …

many domains, from adaptive technologies, to urban planning and design, to corporate Equity, Diversity vital means by which society expresses con- Urban Planning cretely its values of mobility, autonomy, and the UN As a recent review of disability and urban planning notes CRPD emphasize as Point One that “buildings and inconspicuous.286 inclusive approach to urban planning, with an emphasis on accessibility for individuals disability-friendly planning commitments. “In urban planning and design, [ableist] prejudices are played


Fraser Institute · 22 February 2024 English

Worsening housing affordability in Ontario, particularly in the Greater Toronto Area, underscores the importance of reviewing governments’ impact on homebuilding. Despite recent positive policy shifts, substantial obstacles hinder housing development. …

urban growth boundaries (UGBs, a term used in urban planning to describe containment policies such as the


National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health · 20 February 2024 English

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Kandulu J, Williams C. A Scoping Review of Urban Planning Decision Support Tools and Processes That Account


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