Tag Archives: Places to Grow

The cost of urban intensification

Laura Murr commented on my previous post, raising concerns over the financial incentives provided by the municipality for developers to initiate urban intensification. In my position as a research assistant at the University of Waterloo, where I’ve asked private developers … Continue reading

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Blueprint models: from suburbs to high-rises, but nothing in the middle

Please, allow me as a student of Planning to approach this topic from the perspective of being curious about ‘good’ urban planning, with the intent of asking stakeholders to hopefully push the bar for ingenious built form alternatives. A number … Continue reading

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Why research Smart Growth implementation in Guelph?

From time to time I get asked why I’ve chosen Guelph for my case study, devoting a year of my academic life to follow the planning and community engagement taking place in a city of which I’m not a resident. … Continue reading

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Thesis slow

The thesis work is still moving along in a slow gear. That’s not a problem…yet. It is alive and well in my head, which is a good place for it to be. But putting pen to paper require time, which … Continue reading

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Communicating Collaborative Planning

The challenge, as I see it, to collaborative planning is communication, due to the political, economic, social and environmental dimensions at stake to various stakeholders. Trust, honesty and respect meets ideology, history and greed – pick up a book by … Continue reading

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