Planning Canadian Regions
Planning Canadian Regions

Author: Gerald Hodge

Publisher: UBC Press

Published: 2007-10-01

Total Pages: 489

ISBN-13: 0774845279

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Planning Canadian Regions is the first book to consolidate the history, evolution, current practice, and future prospects for regional planning in Canada. As planners grapple with challenges wrought by globalization, the evolution of massive new city-regions, and the pressures for sustainable and community economic development, a deeper understanding of Canada’s approaches is invaluable. Hodge and Robinson identify the intellectual and conceptual foundations of regional planning and review the history and main modes of regional planning for rural regions, economic development regions, resource development regions, and metropolitan and city-regions. They draw lessons from Canada’s past experience and conclude by proposing a new paradigm addressing the needs of regional planning now and in the future, emphasizing regional governance, greater inclusiveness and integration of physical planning with planning for economic sustainability and natural ecosystems. Planning Canadian Regions will be a much-needed text for students and teachers of regional planning and an indispensable reference for planning practitioners. It will also find a receptive audience in such disciplines as urban planning, environmental studies, geography, political science, public administration, and economics.

Urban and Community Development in Atlantic Canada, 1867-1991
Urban and Community Development in Atlantic Canada, 1867-1991

Author: Carleton University. History Collaborative

Publisher: Hull, Que. : Canadian Museum of Civilization

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13:

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This book, which arose from a graduate seminar in Maritime history in 1991-92, offers the first systematic and comparative overview of community development for the entire Atlantic region. The book assesses the published census returns from Confederation to the present to track the growth and development of each town and city in the region, and surveys aspects of the region's political economy since Confederation, paying close attention to the rise and fall of an industrial core and the emergent dependencies that were being reshaped by the expanding of government in determining the fate of Atlantic Canada. A typology of community experiences is followed by a reflection on the consequences for the contemporary urban scene of political and economic transformation.

Rural Land-Use Planning in Developed Nations (Routledge Revivals)
Rural Land-Use Planning in Developed Nations (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Paul Cloke

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-18

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 1134736630

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This edited collection, first published in 1989, provides a detailed analysis of rural land-use policies on a country-specific basis. Case studies include analyses of planning and legislation in Britain, The Netherlands, Japan, the U.S.A. and Australia. Alongside a comprehensive overview of the concept and application of rural land use from Paul Cloke, environment issues, resource management and the role of central governments are topics under discussion throughout. At an international level, this title will of particular interest to students of rural geography and environmental planning.

Urban and Regional Planning in Canada
Urban and Regional Planning in Canada

Author: J. Barry Cullingworth

Publisher: Transaction Publishers

Published: 2015-01-08

Total Pages: 411

ISBN-13: 1412840791

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Originally published in 1987, this book presents a wide-ranging review of urban, regional, economic, and environmental planning in Canada. A comprehensive source of information on Canadian planning policies, it addresses the wide variations between Canadian provinces. While acknowledging similarities with programs and policies in the United States and Britain, the author documents the distinctively Canadian character of planning in Canada. Among the topics addressed in the book are: the agencies of planning; on the nature of urban plans; the instruments of planning; land policies; natural resources; regional planning at the federal level; regional planning and development in Ontario; regional planning in other provinces; environmental protection; planning and people; and reflections on the nature of planning in Canada. The author documents how governmental agencies handle problems of population growth, urban development, exploitation of natural resources, regional disparities, and many other issues that fall within the scope of urban and regional planning. But he goes beyond this to address matters of politics, law, economics, social organization. The book is pragmatic, eclectic, interpretive, and critical. It is a valuable contribution to international literature on planning in its political context.