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Recent Posts
- Thesis completed!
- The cost of urban intensification
- Conclusion
- Preliminary thesis findings – pragmatic and modernistic
- Urban intensification – a challenge and an opportunity
- After thinking and writing comes the talking – on the radio
- Statistically Speaking – different characteristics require different planning approaches
- Putting Downtown Guelph On the Map – optimistic, pragmatic, critical, collaborative and/or technocratic
- The Policy Drafting Process – when ideas morph
- Blueprint models: from suburbs to high-rises, but nothing in the middle
Tag Archives: University of Waterloo
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
Master Coursework Conclusion
That’s right…it’s coming to an end. The University of Waterloo’s Master of Arts in Planning requires the completion of 5 courses, which I’ve now completed. If not a formal one, that’s at least a personal milestone. In fact, it’s Friday … Continue reading
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Tagged Cornerstore, Downtown Guelph, Guelph, idealism, Master of Arts in Planning, Public Participation and Geographic Information Systems, public realm, public space, School of Planning, Smart Growth, thesis research, University of Waterloo, Urban Growth Centre, values
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Municipal Planning Organization and The Quantitative & Qualitative Debate
Week 3 is dry. The organization of municipal Planning Departments is not particularly trilling; the quantitative and qualitative debate is not fully heated; and the Weighted Linear Combination (WLC) technique used in GIS is not…well…it’s actually quite interesting, but it … Continue reading
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Tagged Brad Bradford, Brick Brewery, CAPS, Charity Ball, dodgeball, GIS, Habitat for Humanity: Haiti, municipal planning departments, planning practice, Progressive planning is relative, qualitative, quantitative, School of Planning, the Association of Graduate Planners, the Environmental Graduate Student Association, thesis pondering, University of Waterloo, Weighted Linear Combination technique
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