Planning: Recent submissions
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Geographic and Demographic Suitability of Cycling in North American Cities
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-13)With interest in cycling increasing in recent decades, local authorities and planners have been eager to enact policies to expedite a mode shift from driving to more sustainable, equitable and accessible transportation ... -
Transit-Induced Gentrification in Weston and Mount Dennis: A Mixed-Methods Analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-31)As Toronto commits to increase investments in rapid transit across the Greater Toronto Hamilton Area (GTHA), there is an increasing need to ensure existing residents are able to benefit from these new connections. Weston ... -
Planning for Decolonization: Examining Municipal Support of Indigenous-led Initiatives within the Settler Colonial Context of Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-30)As a western cultural practice, planning is tethered to settler colonial logic, which results in the dispossession and harm of Indigenous peoples. Yet, within the context of ongoing recognition and enactments of reconciliation, ... -
Welcome to the [Growth] Machine: An Analysis of Heritage Conservation in the Intensifying City
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-29)As municipalities strive to meet urban intensification targets, developable and redevelopable land has become increasingly scarce. As a result, inter-urban space is consistently under pressure to accommodate new uses. ... -
Not Just Along for the Ride: Work, Justice, and Municipal Regulation of Ridehailing Platforms
(University of Waterloo, 2022-07-11)Digital platforms are a package of information and communications technologies that bring together buyers and sellers onto proprietary markets. These platforms have come to dominate services like for-hire vehicles that are ... -
Expanding the adaptation toolbox: exploring managed retreat in Grand Forks, BC
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-11)Climate change is likely to continue to increase the frequency and severity of floods in Canada, resulting in increased risk to physical, psychological, social, and economic systems. To effectively reduce flood risk in ... -
Illustrating a new 'conceptual design pattern' for agent-based models of land use via five case studies—the MR POTATOHEAD framework
(Universidad de Valladolid, 2008)This chapter presents a "conceptual design pattern" (CDP) that represents key elements of standard ABM/LUCC models in a comprehensive logical framework and includes basic functionality and data often present in ABM/LUCC ... -
Smart City Governance: A comparison of models and COVID-19 related implications within the GTA
(University of Waterloo, 2022-02-16)The first part of this research asks the question “what is good smart city governance” and analyzes the relevant body of literature on smart cities and smart city governance. Based on the theoretical research, 13 potential ... -
A Place to Grow? A Comparative Content Analysis of London and Toronto Ontario and the Importance of Public Green Spaces for Community Well-Being During and After COVID-19
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-31)Public green spaces represent key aspects of our communities for a variety of reasons. Evidenced through decades of planning scholarship, well established, attractive, and accessible public green spaces can promote community ... -
A Homogeneity-based Zone Delineation Model for Land Use and Transportation Interaction Analysis: Investigating the Case of Light Rail Transit (LRT) Development in Kitchener – Waterloo
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-31)In an ever-increasingly urbanized world, planning policies bring direct and indirect societal and environmental impacts affecting quality of life for millions of people. Policy decisions are often complex, involving ... -
The Integration of Green Infrastructure and Equity within Urban Planning: An Academic and Applicative Exploration
(University of Waterloo, 2021-12-20)This thesis examines the integration of green infrastructure and equity within academia and in practical applications such as comprehensive city plans. With climate change worsening and affecting urban areas with extreme ... -
Equity in Urban Climate Change Adaptation Planning: A Review of Research
(Cogitatio, 2021-12-16)A growing number of cities are preparing for climate change by developing adaptation plans, but little is known about how these plans and their implementation affect the vulnerability of groups experiencing various forms ... -
Healthy Food Zones Around Schools: Evaluating Projected Impacts of a Restrictive Food Planning Policy on Junk Food Availability after 10 years: An Equity- focused Simulation Study
(University of Waterloo, 2021-11-22)Healthy diets are important for public health and health equity, given that globally, dietary risks currently comprise the largest burden of morbidity and mortality (Afshin et al., 2019). In Canada, diet quality is the ... -
An assessment of community-based climate change planning practice in Nova Scotia
(University of Waterloo, 2021-11-08)Climate change poses serious threats to Canadian communities. Are communities prepared to manage the impacts of climate change? Are they ready? This research set out to explore and analyze how communities in Nova Scotia ... -
Aging in Place amid Studentification: Seniors’ Place Attachments in a University Town
(University of Waterloo, 2021-10-26)Since its formal recognition by the World Health Organization in 2005, the age-friendly planning movement has gained traction and shifted attention towards the diverse needs and experiences of seniors. There is growing ... -
Spillover gentrification? Mid-sized cities within commuter sheds of global cities
(University of Waterloo, 2021-10-06)Commuter sheds have long comprised several mid-sized cities surrounding a large metropolis. The smaller cities typically feed into the economic and commuter orbit of the larger city. These ‘bedroom communities’ of the ... -
Advancing Municipal Natural Asset Management through Standardized Evaluation
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-28)In Canada, many urban and near-urban ecosystems are in decline. As well, engineered infrastructure is aging, its capital and operating costs are rising, and municipal service delivery is strained. Local governments are ... -
Associations and Interactions between Retail Food Environments, Food Gentrification, and Neighbourhood-level Intersectionality in Toronto, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-28)Diet-related disease and food insecurity are growing problems in Canada and globally. Over the last decade, prevalent rates of obesity and type 2 diabetes have increased across the country and Toronto currently has the ... -
An Evaluation of National Tourism Plans in the Caribbean-SIDS Region in the Context of Climate Change
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-27)The Caribbean-Small Island Developing States (SIDS) region is heavily reliant on its tourism sector which is amongst the most vulnerable to climate change impacts globally. Sector officials and regional governments have ... -
Exclusive nature: Exploring access to protected areas for minority ethnic communities in the United Kingdom
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-20)Protected areas (PAs) provide a wide range of benefits to visitors engaged in outdoor recreation. However, several groups are underrepresented within these natural spaces including minority ethnic communities. This inequitable ...