Convening for Action in the Greater Vancouver Regjon: Celebrating Green Infrastructure Innovation
The goal in showcasing on-the-ground innovation is to build regional capacity through sharing of green infrastructure approaches, experiences and lessons learned as an outcome of ‘designing with nature'.
The Green Infrastructure Guide: Issues, Implementation Strategies and Success Stories
The “Green Infrastructure Guide: Issues, Implementation Strategies and Success Stories” provides guidance on how local governments may, using legal and policy strategies, encourage or require more sustainable infrastructure designs.
Working Towards Sustainable Communities: Green Infrastructure Partnership and Water Sustainability Committee Collaborate at BCWWA Annual Conference
The Green Infrastructure Partnership and the BCWWA Water Sustainability Committee collaborated to organize a half-day session on Convening for Action in British Columbia at the Annual Conference of the BC Water & Waste Association (BCWWA) in Penticton in April 2007.
Victoria Transport Policy Institute dedicated to improving transportation planning and policy analysis.
The Victoria Transport Policy Institute is an independent research organization dedicated to developing innovative and practical solutions to transportation problems. It provides a variety of resources available free at its website to help improve transportation planning and policy analysis.
Valuing Transit Service Quality Improvements: Considering Comfort and Convenience In Transport Project Evaluation
This paper investigates the value travelers place on qualitative factors such as comfort and convenience, and practical ways to incorporate these values in project evaluation. This information helps identify cost-effective transit service improvements that can increase transit ridership and reduce automobile travel.
Inter-Governmental Partnership Rolls Out ‘Beyond the Guidebook’ at Water Balance Model Partners Forum
The Water Balance Model Partners Forum hosted by the Greater Vancouver Regional District in March 2007 provided a timely opportunity to roll out ‘Beyond the Guidebook', a runoff-based approach to drainage modeling that connects the dots between source control evaluation and stream health assessment.
West Vancouver’s First ‘Green Lane’ Reflects ‘Design with Nature’ Legacy of Francis Caulfeild
The District of West Vancouver has constructed its first green lane adjacent to St. Francis in the Woods Church in historic Lower Caulfeild.
Beyond the Guidebook: “Water Balance Model powered by QUALHYMO”
The Water Balance Model for Canada is being integrated with QUALHYMO in order to provide practitioners with a ‘runoff-based tool’ for source control evaluation and stream health assessment. The ‘runoff-based approach’ holds the key to assessing environmental impacts in watercourses and the effectiveness of mitigation techniques. The desire to mitigate environmental impacts has provided a driver for the “Water Balance Model powered by QUALHYMO”.
Vancouver Valuation Summit : The Evolving Business Case for Valuation and Sustainability
Senior executives from the most influential bodies responsible for international valuation standards came together for the first time with key industry stakeholders, heads of global green building councils, top level surveyors, appraisers, international agencies and senior government policy makers to discuss the critical importance for communities and economies as a whole of integrating sustainability into valuation and appraisal practices.
West Vancouver’s First ‘Green Lane’
The District of West Vancouver has constructed its first green lane adjacent to St. Francis in the Woods Church in historic Lower Caulfeild.