Canada
Canadians' Lengthening Commute
A new study shows that Canadians are spending more time getting to and from work.
A Personal Reflection On Jane Jacobs
Jane Jacobs and her impact on amateur urbanists and urban observers, in a piece entitled "How Jane Jacobs Changed My Life".
The 'Inconvenient Truth' About Canada's Oil Industry
Extracting oil from Canada's tarry sand has lead to large incomes and huge environmental tolls for the holder of the world's second-largest oil reserves.
What Happens Without The Kyoto Protocol?
With the Canadian government under Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper backing away from Kyoto in favor of a "made-in-Canada" solution, Jeffrey Simpson of the Globe and Mail asks, "If not Kyoto, then what?"
Canada's Kyoto Stance On 'Wrong Side of History'
Canada's Environment Minister defends against intense criticism of her country's decision to back out of the Kyoto Accord, but hints at future commitments if a new international consensus emerges.
Winners Announced For Canada's Most Prestigious Design Awards
Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) and the Canada Council for the Arts announce the Governor-General's Medals in Architecture.
Canada Throws Out Kyoto, Turns To 'Made in Canada' Approach
Canada's new Conservative government tabled its budget yesterday, and with it reversed the previous government's commitment to the Kyoto Protocol.
The Key Principles For Effective Planning
The Victoria Transport Policy Institute, a Canadian land use and transportation think tank, offers a review of planning principles and practices.
Jane Jacobs Eulogized In Globe and Mail
One of Canada's national newspapers, the Globe and Mail, pays tribute to Jane Jacobs with several articles.
Superboxes: The End Of Sidewalk Newspaper Dispensers?
"Superboxes" may mean the days of seeing rows of newspaper boxes on sidewalks are numbered.
Gridlock Costing Canadians Billions Per Year
A major new study from Transport Canada shows that Canadians pay a heavy price for being stuck in traffic.
Immigrants 'Marooned' In Suburban Ocean
Without access to the kind of community support they once knew in their homelands, otherwise successful recent immigrant women to Canada are finding themselves socially isolated and depressed in suburbia.
Political Climate Change In Canada
Conservative leader Stephen Harper, who will become Canada's new prime minister has promised to opt out of the Kyoto treaty.
Canadian Agreement on Kyoto 'Ambiguous': U of California Report
According to a new study, there may be no net effect on air pollution from Canada's commitments to Kyoto on autmobile emissions.
Canada and Energy: The Centre Cannot Hold
With rising energy costs have come booming oil revenues for western and eastern Canada, while central Canada may be facing "brownouts" and a difficult future -- how will energy change the Canadian landscape?
Canada's Federal Election: Where's the Debate Over Energy?
The current Federal election campaign in Canada has been noteworthy for its lack of any discussion about energy security.
Tidal Power In Canada
Built in the 1980s, a Canadian experimental station in the Bay of Fundy is one of the few operational tidal power plants in the world.
Oil Sands Boom Threatens Environment
Driven by the need to quench North America's thirst for energy, the rapid development of Canada's oil sands resources has sidelined discussions about its harmful environmental impacts.
Canada's 'City Of The Future'
Toronto and Montreal have both experienced rebuilding booms -- but Montreal is the city to watch in the future says Christopher Hume.
Artificial Neighborhoods Are No Substitute For Community
As new urbanist ideas begin to emerge in Calgary, a local columnist wonders whether New Urbanism promotes artifice over ideas that might actually work.
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
University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS)
Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY)
The Architects Foundation
City of Cambridge
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
