Ontario

Reshaping Toronto

Outside of the spotlight of celebrity architecture, entire sections of the city are being transformed.

February 8, 2005 - The Toronto Star

Debate Over Proposed Greenbelt For Toronto

Progressive Conservative leader accuses Liberals of rushing through a poorly designed greenbelt policy without adequate consultations.

January 27, 2005 - The Globe and Mail

Greenbelt Sustainability

Breaking the chains and building a greenbelt based economy in Ontario.

December 21, 2004 - Now Toronto

Urban Growth And The Toronto Greenbelt

The Fraser Institute publishes a report by Wendell Cox questioning Ontario's plans to implement smart growth policies intended to slow the growth of urban land areas.

December 10, 2004 - The Fraser Institute

Ontario's Anti-Sprawl Plans

Ontario, Canada, plans to curb urban sprawl with a new growth management strategy.

October 29, 2004 - The Globe and Mail

A Primer On Roundabouts

The Region of Waterloo presents an animated tutorial and website about how to use a roundabout.

October 27, 2004 - Regeneration And Renewal

Canada's First National Urban Park

Can a new urban park on the north side of Toronto change the city and offer a new model of urban planning?

October 24, 2004 - The Toronto Star

'It Takes Guts' To Be Green

How Toronto's greenbelt idea evaporated.

August 24, 2004 - The Toronto Star

The Wide-Shallow Lot: A Good Thing for Buyers or Builders?

Purchasers don't always consider all of the facts when choosing a new home on a wide-shallow lot.

May 31, 2004 - The Toronto Star

Statistics Canada Improves Planners' Access to Data

New partnership initiative makes demographic data available to planners at considerably lower cost.

May 31, 2004 - The Toronto Star

Toronto Waterfront Redevelopment Agency Needs Teeth

Governance review by the province holds promise of new powers needed to get on with implementing its mandate.

May 29, 2004 - The Toronto Star

Toronto Wants To Be A Great City

Recent high profile projects have commisioned star architects for their designs, with debatable results.

May 19, 2004 - Toronto Life

Reducing Onerous Parking Standards Key to Urban Intensification

On-site parking requirements need to be relaxed before Toronto's main streets can intensify.

April 5, 2004 - The Toronto Star

Building for People, Not Cars

New Urbanist community in suburban Toronto realized through developer's vision and persistance.

March 29, 2004 - The Toronto Star

Toronto Subway Expansion Constrained by Lack of Vision

As Toronto's subway turns 50, experts and enthusiasts ponder the system that might have been

March 28, 2004 - The Toronto Star

Online Game Lets You Balance Toronto's Books

Simulation allows citizens to experience the tough budgetary decisions facing Toronto's municipal leaders.

March 28, 2004 - The Toronto Star

Quality Home Design Meets Mass Production

"What if you could actually afford to buy a house by award-winning architects?"

March 16, 2004 - The Globe and Mail

Toronto's Waterfront Vision Imperilled

Intergovernmental gridlock frustrates plans for revitalization of the Lake Ontario shoreline

March 16, 2004 - The Toronto Star

Toronto's Regent Park To Be 'Transformed'

Canada's first public housing project will be demolished and rebuilt as a mixed-income community.

March 1, 2004 - The Toronto Star

New Vision for Toronto Waterfront Unveiled

A rushed federal report proposes 39 new waterfront projects including considerable new parklands.

February 29, 2004 - The Toronto Star

Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools

This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.

Planning for Universal Design

Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.

Top Books

An annual review of books related to planning.

Top Schools

The definitive ranking of graduate planning programs.

100 Most Influential Urbanists

The who's who of urbanism, according to Planetizen readers.

Urban Planning Creators You Should Know

A short list of voices on social, video, and podcasting platforms.