Browsing Plan Canada - Vol 40 No 5 (2000) by Issue Date
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The Nechako Watershed Council: Lessons from a grassroots initiative
(Canadian Institute of Planners, 2000)Freshwater resources in Northern B.C. may be abundant, but decisions affecting these resources cannot be considered routine or easily made. The protracted debate over Alcan's proposed Kemano Completion Project heightened ... -
Watersheds as the context and focus of integrated graduate training
(Canadian Institute of Planners, 2000)Over the past half-century or so, the conceptual and physical watershed has become much more than a land surface that drains to a common, watery receptacle. As many planners know, the watershed has long been a ... -
Planning "on the coast" in New Brunswick
(Canadian Institute of Planners, 2000)An overview of the most popular mobile workshop of the 2000 CIP conference in Charlottetown, PEI: "On the Coast" - a tour of parts of New Brunswick's coast to explore issues and experiences with coastal planning in the ... -
South Saskatchewan River basin water management: A Red Deer River basin perspective
(Canadian Institute of Planners, 2000)Summary of a presentation which surveyed water management planning in the Red Deer, Bow and Oldman Rivers, which comprise Alberta's portion of the South Saskatchewan River basin. -
Water resource planning and community design
(Canadian Institute of Planners, 2000)Rural Alberta is experiencing the pressure of tremendous residential growth. Water continues to be a critical issue in rural development, both as a source of drinking water and a means of wastewater treatment. -
Take a walk on the wet side: One perspective on community-based watershed planning
(Canadian Institute of Planners, 2000)In Canada, rivers and lakes have been focal points of settlement, economic development, and transportation. Water is essential to the Canadian economy: it is an essential resource for food production, most industrial ... -
A vision for Canada's water
(Canadian Institute of Planners, 2000)Water is the lifeblood of the environment. In Canada, water is an integral part of our identity. Its importance is reflected in our economic development, recreational pursuits, and culture. Water has played an integral ... -
Limnology, plumbing and planning
(Canadian Institute of Planners, 2000)The emergence of North American environmental awareness in the 1970s was largely fuelled by concerns about water quality. An obvious example of the collision of growth and water quality was the deterioration of Lake Erie. -
Water re-use technology: An alternative to "the big pipe"?
(Canadian Institute of Planners, 2000)The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation has been conducting research into water reuse technology, water conservation methods, alternative waste treatment systems, demonstration projects, and other water-related issues. -
A region of watersheds: Refreshing inter-municipal planning
(Canadian Institute of Planners, 2000)Stan Schwartzenberger reports on the emergence of local watershed-based stewardship initiatives as the possible well-spring of a revival of inter-municipal, if not regional, planning in Alberta. -
From sediment sources to sinks: The route to coastal zone management on eastern Vancouver Island
(Canadian Institute of Planners, 2000)More than half the population of Canada and the United States lives within 100 kilometres of a coastline. Despite our improved scientific understanding of coastal environments, damage to property and the environment ... -
Watershed planning and management: Technologies for the new millennium
(Canadian Institute of Planners, 2000)In 1998, Greenland International Consulting began developing integrated GIS-based, real-time water management software (with flood forecasting capabilities), in partnership with the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation ... -
Irrigating an ecologically wise planning ethic
(Canadian Institute of Planners, 2000)This issue of Plan Canada is devoted to as full an accounting as possible of the proceedings of this unexpectedly important conference. Almost all sessions have been covered to some extent, with leads provided for those ... -
Planning as a key to export development
(Canadian Institute of Planners, 2000)Using the Trade Team Canada initiative as an example, Norval Collins highlights the opportunity for export-oriented planners and their agencies to "do something". -
Contents
(Canadian Institute of Planners, 2000)Table of contents for Plan Canada - Volume 40, Number 5 (October, November, December 2000). -
A self-managing paradigm for the waters of Greater Vancouver
(Canadian Institute of Planners, 2000)Using an underlying bioregional perspective, Ken Cameron compares old and new paradigms on a Vancouver city-region scale. -
An uncommon "commons" approach to floodplains and riverbanks
(Canadian Institute of Planners, 2000)Pierre Valiquette contributes insights from an "uncommon" grassroots initiative in Montreal, firmly based on a perspective that values the historic notion of the commons (represented by floodplains and riverbanks). -
Making zoning "aquifer-friendly": The Fredericton experience
(Canadian Institute of Planners, 2000)Groundwater is a critical source of drinking water for millions of Canadians. The Province of New Brunswick and the City of Fredericton have been working toward the adoption of regulations to protect groundwater resources. -
Land use planning based on groundwater protection in Waterloo
(Canadian Institute of Planners, 2000)Since 1994, the Region of Waterloo has been implementing a Water Resources Protection Strategy (WRPS) to minimize the impact of historic, existing, and future land uses on municipal water supplies. A safe and secure ... -
Decision support for long-term resource protection in eastern Ontario
(Canadian Institute of Planners, 2000)A multi-county Eastern Ontario initiative, capitalizing on new information systems technology, is outlined by Ian Jarvis.
