Chapter Resources
Chapter 1
The Need for Community Planning
- The Canadian Institute of Planners
www.cip-icu.ca - Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca - Muniscope: Intergovernmental Committee on Urban and Regional Research
www.muniscope.ca - University of British Columbia Planning Library
library.ubc.ca/planning - United Nations Habitat
www.unhabitat.org - American Planning Association
www.planning.org - Cyburbia Resource Directory
www.cyburbia.org - University of California, Berkeley Environmental Design Library
www.lib.berkeley.edu - The Canadian Urban Institute
www.canurb.org
Chapter 2
The Role of Planners
- Commonwealth Association of Planners
https://www.commonwealth-planners.org/ - Student Planning Network
www.planningnetwork.org - International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISoCaRP)
www.isocarp.org - OPPI Competency Tree
https://ontarioplanners.ca/ - The Roles of Planners
https://www.planning4success.com.au/roles-of-planners
Chapter 3
The Beginning of Today’s Cities
- Babylon
https://www.nationalgeographic.com - Mohenjo-Daro
https://www.nationalgeographic.com - Mesopotamia
www.mesopotamia.co.uk - Architecture in the Classical Tradition
http://act.art.queensu.ca - City water resources in Rome, 800 BCE-2000AD
www.iath.virginia.edu/waters - Interactive Nolli Map of Rome
http://nolli.uoregon.edu/ - Tour of Ancient Rome
https://archinect.com - Khan Academy Tour of Ancient Rome
https://www.khanacademy.org - Ancient Greek Urban Planning
www.oer2go.org - Miletus
www.ime.gr - Miletus planning video
www.youtube.com - Jaipur city planning
www.cnn.com - L’Enfant’s Plan for Washington
www.cnu.org - Robert Owen and New Lanark
www.robert-owen.com - Patrick Geddes
https://www.nls.uk - Urban Planning 1794-1918, compiled by John Reps
http://urbanplanning.library.cornell.edu/
Chapter 4
19th Century Foundation of Canadian Communities
- Canadian Urban History
www.uoguelph.ca - The City Beautiful Movement
http://www.nypap.org/
https://www.britannica.com - The Plan of Chicago
www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org - Garden Cities of To-Morrow by Ebenezer Howard
http://urbanplanning.library.cornell.edu - Frederick Law Olmsted
http://www.fredericklawolmsted.com - National Association for Olmsted Parks
www.olmsted.org/ - The City Scientific by George B Ford
http://urbanplanning.library.cornell.edu - Historic Maps of Toronto
http://oldtorontomaps.blogspot.com - Our Common Past: An Interpretation of Canadian Planning History by Jeanne Wolfe
https://www.kelmanonline.com
Chapter 5
Pioneering Community Planning in Canada,
1900-1945
- Canadian Urban Policy Archive
www.urbancentre.utoronto.ca/ - Thomas Adams in Canada
https://www.cip-icu.ca/ - Hampstead Garden Suburb
www.hgs.org.uk - Canberra – an ideal city? – web archive from July 2008
https://webarchive.nla.gov.au - Canberra’s Vision of an Ideal City
https://www.theguardian.com - Town and Capital: Historical Plans
http://townandcrown.ca - 120 years of Capital Building – The National Capital Commission and the History of Planning in the Capital
https://ncc-ccn.gc.ca/ - Mawson’s Plan for Calgary
https://asc.ucalgary.ca - Canadian Council on Social Development
www.ccsd.ca- Examples of City Departmental Organizations
- City of Surrey, B.C.
- Provincial Ministries Responsible for Community Planning
- Newfoundland
https://www.gov.nl.ca/mae/lPrince Edward Island
https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/topic/municipal-land-use-planningBritish Columbia
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/Northwest Territories
www.maca.gov.nt.ca/Nunavut
https://www.gov.nu.ca/
- Examples of City Departmental Organizations
Chapter 6
The Growth of Canadian Community Planning, 1945-2016
- Jane Jacobs: Ideas that Matter
www.ideasthatmatter.com/ - Congress for the New Urbanism
https://www.cnu.org/ - Council for Canadian Urbanism
https://www.canu.ca/ - Green Municipal Fund – Federation of Canadian Municipalities
https://fcm.ca/en/programs/ - Simon Fraser University’s Centre for Sustainable Development
https://www.sfu.ca/sustainabledevelopment/ - Urban Renewal: Making the Case
https://www.creativecity.ca - Healthy Cities
www.euro.who.int/healthy-cities - Smart Growth BC
https://smartgrowth.org/tag/british-columbia/ - Smart Growth Network
http://www.smartgrowth.org/ - New Urbanism
www.newurbanism.org/ - Sustainable development: International Institute for Sustainable Development
https://www.iisd.org/ - Jane Jacobs – Center for the Living City
https://centerforthelivingcity.org
Chapter 7
The Community Plan-Making Process
- Canada Land Company
www.clc.ca - York Region Official Plan
https://www.york.ca - City of Calgary Urban Design Review Panel
https://www.calgary.ca - Visualizing Density
https://www.lincolninst.edu/ - The Urban Land Institute
https://www.uli.org - Smart Growth / Urban Sprawl – Ontario Nature
https://ontarionature.org - International Initiative for Sustainable Built Environment
www.iisbe.org/ - Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC)
www.cagbc.org - Project for Public Spaces
www.pps.org - Transect Planning
www.transect.org/transect.html - Federation of Canadian Municipalities
www.fcm.ca - The Community Planning Website – principles, methods and scenarios surrounding community planning
www.communityplanning.net - Internet Impact on Plan-Making
www.casa.ucl.ac.uk/planning/olp.htm - Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis
ttps://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/casa/ - GIS Web Portal
www.gis.com - Resources for Urban Design
www.rudi.net - UN Sustainable Development Goals
https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org - Understanding Population Projections
https://www.prb.org
Chapter 8
Regional and Metropolitan Planning
- Halifax Regional Plan (2014)
https://www.halifax.ca - Montreal Metropolitan Community Plan (2012)
www.cmm.qc.ca - Metro Vancouver 2040 Regional Growth Strategy
www.metrovancouver.org/ - Saskatoon, Meewasin Valley Authority
www.meewasin.com - Manitoba Capital Region
www.gov.mb.ca - Ontario A Place to Grow Plan
https://www.ontario.ca - Ottawa, National Capital Commission
https://ncc-ccn.gc.ca/ - New Brunswick, Regional Development Corporation
https://www2.gnb.ca - Vancouver, Livable Region Strategic Plan
http://www.metrovancouver.org - South Central Ontario’s Greenbelt Plan
http://www.mah.gov.on.ca - Ottawa’s Greenbelt – National Capital Commission
https://ncc-ccn.gc.ca
Chapter 9
The Urban Community Plan
- Vancouver Neighbourhood Plans
https://vancouver.ca - Coquitlam BC (search for Corporate Strategic Plan)
www.coquitlam.ca - Winnipeg 2020 Vision
https://www.winnipeg.ca - York Region Official Plan
https://www.york.ca - Greater Sudbury Planning
https://www.greatersudbury.ca - Ottawa Official Plan
https://ottawa.ca - Ville de Montreal Master Plan
www.ville.montreal.qc.ca - City of Fredericton Municipal Plan
http://www.fredericton.ca - Vancouver City Plans
https://vancouver.ca
Chapter 10
Planning for Small Towns in Rural and Northern Regions
- Ontario Ministry of Agriculture
http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/ - Municipal District (County) of Rocky View, Alberta
https://www.rockyview.ca - Rural Cape Breton: District Planning Commission
www.edpc.ca - First Nations Planning: Cities and Environment Unit
https://www.ceunit.org/ - First Nations Comprehensive Community Planning (CCP) Handbook
https://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca - Ontario Main Street Revitalization Initiative
https://www.amo.on.ca - Community Economic Development in the Crowsnest Pass
www.ucalgary.ca - Rural Planning and Development – University of Guelph
https://www.uoguelph.ca
Chapter 11
Planning for Special Places: Neighbourhood and District Plans
- Project for Public Spaces
www.pps.org - Sprawl Repair
www.sprawlrepair.com - Canada Lands Company
www.clc.ca - Winnipeg’s Osborne Village
https://greatplacesincanada.ca - Calgary’s Beltline Redevelopment Plan
https://engage.calgary.ca - Hamilton Downtown Secondary Plan
https://www.hamilton.ca/city-planning/ - City of Toronto University of Toronto Secondary Plan
https://www.toronto.ca - North Kingstown Secondary Plan – Kingston, Ontario
https://www.cityofkingston.ca
Chapter 12
Planning Infrastructure Systems to Connect Communities
- Canada Walks
www.canadawalks.ca - Safe Water supplies: Canadian Water Resources Association
https://www.cwra.org/en/ - Edmonton’s Breathe Green Network Strategy
https://www.edmonton.ca - Metro Vancouver Urban Forest Plan
http://www.metrovancouver.org - Strategic Plan for Transit in Calgary
https://www.calgarytransit.com - York Region Transportation Masterplan
https://www.york.ca
Chapter 13
Planning for Diverse and Healthy Communities
- Ontario Healthy Communities Handbook
http://www.mah.gov.on.ca/AssetFactory.aspx?did=7171 - World Health Organization, Global Age-Friendly Cities Project
https://www.who.int/ageing/ https://www.who.int/ageing/ - City of Mississauga, Older Adult Plan, 2008
www.mississauga.ca - Mineta Transportation Institute: How to Ease Women’s Fear of Transportation Environments
https://transweb.sjsu.edu - Montreal Declaration on Women’s Safety, 2002
www.femmesetvilles.org - Vancouver Youth and Planning
www.vancouveryouth.ca - The Center for Universal Design
http://universaldesign.ie - Metro Vancouver, Regional Homelessness Plan, 2003
https://stophomelessness.ca - Active Living Coalition for Older Adults
www.alcoa.ca - Health Canada, Division of Aging and Seniors
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/ - National Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy
http://nrt-trn.ca/ - Institute for Resources, Environment, and Sustainability, University of British Columbia
http://ires.ubc.ca/ - Attainable Housing Strategy, Saskatoon
https://www.saskatoon.ca/services - Regent Park revitalization, Toronto
https://www.torontohousing.ca/regentpark - Universal vs. Accessible Design
www.accessiblemed.com
Chapter 14
Deciding Upon the Community’s Plan
- Community Visions Program, Vancouver
https://vancouver.ca/docs/planning/sunset-community - Edmonton City Vision
www.edmonton.ca/city - Public Participation, City of Toronto
www.toronto.ca/community - Regional Plan Process, Halifax
www.halifax.ca/regionalplanning - Urban Design Standards Manual, Collingwood, Ontario
https://www.collingwood.ca/ - Visioning Process, Vernon, B.C.
https://www.vernon.ca - Visioning Process, Saskatoon
www.saskatoon.ca/
Chapter 15
The Texture of Participation in Community Planning
- Citizens’ Handbook
https://ccednet-rcdec.ca - Georgia Strait Alliance
https://georgiastrait.org/ - GVRD Homelessness Plan
http://www.metrovancouver.org - Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement
https://ceris.ca/ - Metropolitan Action Committee on Violence Against Women and Children
https://www.metrac.org/ - National Charrette Institute
https://www.canr.msu.edu - Public Participation Guide – Government of Canada
https://www.canada.ca/en/impact-assessment-agency/
Chapter 16
Land Use Regulation Tools for Plan Implementation
- An Activist’s Guide to Land Use Planning
https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/www.sierraclub.org - Citizen’s Guide to Land Use Planning
https://www.ontario.ca - Lehman’s Zoning Trilogy
https://www.zoningtrilogy.com/ - The Codes Project
http://codesproject.asu.edu - Centre for the Study of Commercial Activity
www.csca.ryerson.ca - Visual Enhancement of Zoning Bylaw
http://plannersweb.com/ - Zoning, City of London
https://www.london.ca/business/Planning-Development/ - Density Atlas
http://densityatlas.org/ - Visualizing Density
https://www.visualizingdensity.ca/ - Form-Based Codes
https://formbasedcodes.org/definition// - Urban-Rural Transect
https://www.dpz.com/ - City of Kingston Urban Design Guidelines
https://www.cityofkingston.ca
Chapter 17
Policy Tools for Plan Implementation
- Iqaluit’s sustainable subdivision
https://www.nrcan.gc.ca - Heritage Planning, City of Windsor
https://www.citywindsor.ca/ - Downtown Eastside Plan, Vancouver
https://vancouver.ca/home-property-development/ - Waterfront Toronto
https://www.waterfrontoronto.ca/ - Nova Scotia Waterfront Development Corporation
https://developns.ca
Chapter 18
Epilogue: Community Planning in Canada and the Future
- Plan Canada CIP 100 Special Edition
https://www.kelmanonline.com - CIP Forward Planning: Finding our way together in the 21st century
http://www.cip-icu.ca/ - CIP 100 Action Guide
http://www.cip-icu.ca/ - CIP 100 Digital Timeline
https://www.tiki-toki.com/CIPtimeline - CIP 100 Booklist
https://www.cip-icu.ca/
