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The Policy Drafting Process – when ideas morph

Sometimes the journey of a conceptual idea (say, Ebenezer Howard’s “Garden City”, Le Corbusier’s “towers in the park”, or Duany & Plater-Zyberk’s “New Urbanism”) morphs in time through policy drafting processes; where planning concepts meet the market praxis and politics, … Continue reading

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Week 6: The Garden City, City Observations and Regional Planner Experiences

Out of Ebenezer Howard’s (1850-1928) Garden City came suburbs (through a gradual evolution naturally), and in Toronto’s Don Mills we took the Wednesday to observe this. We are also given a guest lecture by Mr. Ian Bender, former Director of … Continue reading

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Why be sweet to people? – week 3

From philosophy to scientific method and innovation to the Industrial Revolution; then from Modernism and Fordism to post-modern and post-fordist, and let’s include New York City’s Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs – in an evolutionary fashion, we’re guided through theoretical … Continue reading

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