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- 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: Urban Growth Centre
Mapping Downtown Guelph and the St. Patrick’s Ward
Getting to know the neighbourhood Thanks to Urban Strategies for providing the below map, which identifies properties within the Urban Growth Centre boundaries with capacity for redevelopment and intensification. The below map, which I’ve made myself using ArcGIS, identifies the … Continue reading
Posted in Guelph, Urban Planning
Tagged Downtown, Envision Guelph, Guelph, St. Patrick's Ward, the Ward, Urban Growth Centre, Urban Strategies
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Downtown Guelph vision and values – through images
From here on in, the major focus on this blog will be reflections arising as my thesis research progresses. These are not research findings or any official claims, they are only reflections expressed as part of the overall process. Images … Continue reading
Posted in Guelph
Tagged Brownfield redevelopment, City of Guelph, compromise, Downtown Gueelph, Downtown Secondary Plan, intensification, Kilmer, planning process, Smart Growth, St. Patrick's Ward, the Ward, The Ward Residents' Association, TWRA, Urban Growth Centre, Urban Planning, Woods 1
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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
Posted in Urban Planning
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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