Sustainable Dubuque (Iowa) – report cover (360p)
The District will stay within its rainfall budget, approach carbon balance, create sustainable jobs and housing, and reinforce the importance of connectivity and diversity within the city.
Vancouver Island – location map (360p)
The Regional Growth Strategy is a tool that helps promote alignment of regional and municipal actions pursuant to an implementation plan for the Regional Water Supply Strategy.
Developers Roundtable – Patrick Condon (160p)
The City of North Vancouver continues to garner recognition for its commitment and progress in the area of sustainability, most recently, winning a prestigious Community Excellence Award for its 100 Year Sustainability Vision.
The sixth in the series of Gaining Ground Summits will be held in Vancouver in October 2009, and will be a three-organization conference to demonstrate how to achieve settlement in balance with ecology.
The Phase 1 Rezoning Public Realm Plan for East Fraserlands in the City of Vancouver was awarded a National Honour in 2008 by the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects.
The purpose of the Forum was to align regional actions with provincial policy goals. Surrey's experience in championing changes in green infrastructure policies and practices ensured that the Forum had relevancy.
Village Homes is a seventy-acre subdivision located in the west part of Davis, California. It was designed to encourage both the development of a sense of community and the conservation of energy and natural resources. A distinguishing feature is the natural drainage system.
The LEED-ND (Neighbourhood Development) designation is a catalyst for creating socially supportive, healthy neighbourhoods and promoting urban design excellence throughout the public realm in the Westhills Green Community.
“A community will soon be taking shape in North-East Calgary that breaks new ground. It is the first of its kind in Canada and will put Calgary on the map for innovative planning. Two features make the Saddleton community a leading edge solution: its Fused Grid plan and its rainwater/stormwater management system,” reports Fanis Grammenos. “The Fused Grid combines the geometries of inner city grids and of the conventional suburbs. This fusion results in retaining the best characteristics of each and none of their disadvantages while raising the quality of the neighbourhood environment.”
“There is a window of opportunity to do business differently because we know from experience that the old ways do not work. Changing the language is part of the process of advancing change,” stated Christianne Wilhelmson.
