Alberta
The Tallest Skyscraper in the West
Canadian energy giant EnCana and the City of Calgary hope that the corporation's new headquarters, scheduled for completion in 2011, will put Calgary on the "architectural map."
Calgary Suffering From Its Excess Of Riches
The fallout from a local oil boom has Calgary scrambling to address shortages of labor, housing, office space, and just about everything else.
Housing, Infrastructure Can't Keep Up With Alberta's Oil Economy
Alberta's surging oil economy is growing so quickly that service industries can't compete, budgets for infrastructure projects can't keep up with rising labour and material costs, and oil companies are building their own housing projects.
Sprawling Calgary Faces Increased Pollution, Car Dependence
With a footprint as big as New York City but with a tenth of the population, and with no natural limits on growth, Calgary struggles to rein in suburban sprawl.
Canada's Tar Sands Endanger National Security
A new report from three Canadian think tanks points out that Canada is not only without a national energy policy, it is risking its own social, environmental, and energy security to mine and sell tar sands oil to the United States at rock-bottom prices.
Oil Sands, Agriculture Depleting Alberta's Water Supply
Comprehensive watershed planning is needed to prevent a water crisis in Alberta, which a new study shows is facing significant reductions in water supply due to climate change and tar sands development.
Calgary, 'City on Steroids'
Surging oil wealth, a huge provincial surplus, and a booming real estate market make Calgary the new "centre of the universe" in Canada.
'Can Ugly Be Outlawed?'
In Calgary, the Planning Commission wants to ban stucco, but a condo developer objects.
Housing And Social Services -- A 'Nightmare' For Some Immigrants
Downtown locations for many of the social service and training opportunities immigrants need may no longer make sense in rapidly-growing cities such as Calgary.
Impacts of Northern Megaprojects Swamp Alberta's Housing Industry
While housing demand in the rest of Canada cools, Alberta homebuilders can't keep up with demand, and are literally turning homebuyers away because of shortages of materials and labour.
Univ. of Calgary's Community Bicycle Program
The University of Calgary’s Transportation Action Group uses abandoned bikes for a free campus-wide community bicycle program.
The Environmental Cost of Alberta's Oil Boom
Extracting the hundreds of billions of barrels of recoverable oil trapped in the sands of northern Alberta will have a huge environmental price tag.
Oil from Ancient Peat Beds Could Fuel the Future
A geologist's controversial theory that the oil in Alberta's tar sands flowed from coal fields based on ancient peat, could mean that there are vast supplies of oil waiting to be discovered, not just in Alberta but all over the world.
The Despoiling of Alberta
Famous for its oil wealth and the "prosperity cheques" being handed out to every resident, the Canadian Province of Alberta is actually a classic example of rapacious growth, dangerously poor planning and poor performance on social development indicators.
How Best To Encourage Good Design?
The Edmonton city council struggles with how to turn design guidelines into attractive buildings.
Generating Power From Water
Scientists discover a new, clean way to generate power from water.
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
City of Rosemead
Rutgers University, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
One Hundred Miles
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
Montrose County
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
