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GVRD
MOSAIC
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RESOURCES
| GVRD MOSAIC | |
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| DENSITY | |
DENSITY
MITIGATED BY DESIGN |
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| - | Neighbourhoods
Lab |
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Friends of Oregon: 8-10 dwelling units per acre (PDF) 13-16 dwelling units per acre (PDF) 17-20 dwelling units per acre (PDF) 23-26 dwelling units per acre (PDF) 31-34 dwelling units per acre (PDF) 41-44 dwelling units per acre [draft] (PDF) |
| - | Lincoln
Institute of Land Policy: Visualizing Density A: 0.5-10.5 upa (PDF) Visualizing Density B: 9.1-134.5 upa (PDF) |
| - | Eugene Planning & Community Dev't Dept: Density and Site Design (PDF) |
| - | Local
Gov't Commission Pamphlet: Compact Dev't for More Liveable Communities (PDF) |
| - | Local
Gov't Commission with E.P.A: Creating Great Neighbourhoods (PDF) |
| - | DRCOG/APA
Planning Commissioners Workshop: Density - Denver Case Studies (PDF) |
| - | San Francisco Leage of Conservation Voters: Density Effects Calculation - how neighborhood density impacts the environment (land, materials, energy and driving). |
| - | Paul Zykofsky, Local Government Commission: Infill, Mixed Use and Compact Development: An Overview. |
| - | Urban Land Institute: Density by Design: New Directions in Residential development. 14 case studies. |
| - | Local Government Commission, Sacramento, CA: Compact Development Compact Disc |
| CLIMATE CHANGE | |
| - | The Great Surrey Sea? By Jeff Nagel, The Surrey Leader, May 7, 2006 |
| POPULATION GROWTH | |
| - | Urban
Futures: The
Context for Change: Demographics, Life Cycles, Economics, and
the Lower Mainland, 2004 to 2044. |
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Futures, Feb. 2005: The Context for Change: Demographics, Life Cycles, Economics, and the Lower Mainland of British Columbia Over the Next Four Decades.(PDF) |
| - | 2004 BC Sprawl Report (PDF) |
| SMART GROWTH + WALKABILITY | |
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The Death of Sprawl: Designing Urban Resilience for the Twenty-First-Century Resource and Climate Crises. Warren Karlenzig |
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Smart Growth: The Business Opportunity for Developers and Production |
| - | The Walkability Premium in Commercial Real Estate Investments (PDF) |
| - | How Walkability Raises Home Values in U.S. Cities. (PDF) |
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EMPLOYMENT |
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Thesis,
Sarah McMillan, 2004: Toward a Livable Region? An
Evaluation of Business Parks in Greater Vancouver (PDF) |
| HOUSING | |
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The Boston Regional Challenge: Examining the Costs and Imapcts of Housing and Transportation on Area Residents, their Neighborhoods, and the Environment. 2010 Urban Land Institute.
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TRANSPORTATION |
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| - | NEW - Key to Safer Roads is Identified in California Study. Philip Langdon, New Urban News. Reporting on a recent study by Wesley Marshall and Norman Garrick. |
| - | University of Maryland, Nov. 2005: Comprehensive Urban Approach Can Affect Travel Choices – Even in Auto-Dependent U.S. (PDF) |
| - | Freeway expansion (PDF) |
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| LAND | |
| - | Valuing Open Space Andrew Ross Miller, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PDF) |
| - | 2004 Agricultural Land Reserve Map, Lower Mainland (PDF) |
| - | 2006 Agricultural Land Reserve Map, Lower Mainland (PDF) |
| - | Green Zone Map GVRD Liveable Region Strategic Plan (PDF) |
| WATER | |
| - | Watershed Health 2036 Map (PDF) |
| ENERGY | |
| - | SUPER BC Sustainable Urban Pathways for Energy Resources in BC (PDF) |
| FEDERAL POLICY | |
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fisheries
(word doc)
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| - | land development (PDF) |
| - | CRM (PDF) |
| - | environment (word doc) |
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PROVINCIAL
POLICY |
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| - | heritage (word doc); growth (word doc); fisheries (worddoc); streams (PDF); environment (word doc); parks (PDF); waste (word doc); sewage (word doc) |
| REGIONAL POLICY | |
| - | GVRD's Livable Region Strategic Plan |
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GVRD
LRSP MAPS |
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| - | GRVD's Sustainable Region Initiative |
| - | GVTA/TransLink - 3 year Plan / 10year Outlook |
| LOCAL
POLICY: MUNICIPAL OCPs (Official Community Plans) |
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| - | Anmore;
Belcarra;
Bowen
Island; Burnaby; Coquitlam; Delta; City of Langley; Township of Langley; Lion's Bay; Maple Ridge; New Westminster City of North Vancouver; District of North Vancouver; Pitt Meadows; Port Coquitlam; Port Moody; Richmond; Surrey; Vancouver; West Vancouver; White Rock; |
| PLANS | |
| - | Plan for Silver Valley |
| - | Plan for Univercity |
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AFFORDABILITY; HEALTH; CRIME; HABITAT
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