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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
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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
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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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Week 4: The Post-World-War II Period; Transportation-land use relationships; Ethics
What a week! I really like planning, planning theory that is. In truth, I wish I knew more about planning practice itself, because it seems to be very complicated. But that might come later, for now I am all about … Continue reading
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Tagged Advocacy and Pluralism Planning, Brugmann, conservatives, democracy, design, Dolk, Ethics, Faculty of Environment, feminism, Fierce Light, Florida, graduate studies, Jane Jacobs, Justice, land-use, liberals, MA Planning, Miami, Morality, pedestrianism, pedestrianization, Plan 621, Plan 700, Plan 703, planning theory, ridership, Robert E. Jarvis, Robert Moses, School of Planning, stakeholders, stakeholdr values, Toronto, transit, transportation, travel behavior, University of Waterloo, values, waliking
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Urban Planning: University of Waterloo – Week 1
My Master of Arts in Planning is a two-year program at the University of Waterloo, starting this week. I’m doing 3 courses (PLAN 621, 700 and 703), which of 2 is instructed by Professor Pierre Filion (also my advisor) and … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, demographics, generalist, Innis, Master of Arts, Pierre Filion, planning, Ray Simpson, school work, Staples theory, studies, Urban Planning, USA, values, virtue, Waterloo, week 1
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