Publications List (Free of charge) The following is a list
of publications available to you free of charge:
Energy Mapping Study
Prepared for the City of Calgary, December 2008.
The Canadian Urban Institute (CUI) was retained by the City of Calgary to prepare an energy land-use map that would provide clear direction to the City and inform the private sector, power generating authorities and local distribution utilities about the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and encourage the use of alternative energy systems through considerations such as the design of buildings and the encouragement of more compact, mixed-use and high density communities. The study provided a cost-effective approach to allow the City to plan for expected population and employment growth, while still meeting energy and greenhouse gas objectives
advancing.the.green@genda.on.ca
broadband communications and Ontario’s GREEN initiatives
Prepared for the Ontario Ministry of Government Services, December 2008.
This report builds on a 2007 study conducted by the CUI titled Broadband in Ontario from an Urban and Regional Perspective. While the 2007 study focused on the economic and social development opportunities associated with broadband, this report has been written in the form of a discussion paper leading into a February 2009 panel discussion, hosted by the CUI that will examine the relationship between broadband connectivity and environmental issues. This report examines how the application of broadband technologies can promote sustainable communities, cities and regions in Ontario. Advancing the Green Agenda presents the "green" uses of broadband and demonstrates how those uses can be applied to advance existing provincial policy and initiatives such as the Rural Connections Program.
Canada is at the forefront of a growing worldwide movement to transform the marketplace to sustainable practices. There are a variety of reasons for this including: perseverance to improve building codes, advanced education and training, development of supportive regulations, advanced research and development, and a commitment to respond to climate change and to build communities that are energy efficient, cost effective and ecologically sensitive. This report provides a nationwide overview for some of Canada’s outstanding achievements in sustainable building and development activities.
“Broadband in Ontario from an Urban and Regional Perspective: digital divides, content inflation, citizen engagement, and criteria for success” A report prepared by the Canadian Urban Institute in 2007.
"Bracing
for the Demographic Tsunami:
How will Canada's Seniors Fare in
an Aging Society?" Presentation
to the Canadian Institute of Planners, Québec
City, June 4, 2007 by Glenn R. Miller, FCIP, RPP, Director, Education
and Research, Canadian Urban Institute, Gordon Harris, MCIP, President
and CEO, SFU Community Trust, Ian Ferguson, MD, FRCPC and Sébastien
Lord, B.Sc.Urb., M.Sc.Arch.
“Nature Count$: Valuing Southern Ontario’s Natural Heritage”
With major emphases on recent rural demographic and economic changes, human health, social benefits and the importance of natural assets to the rural and provincial economies, Nature Count$ provides a review of the socio-economic contributions of natural areas in southern Ontario. The study also presents a preview of research needs for a comprehensive investigation of greenspace benefits. While commissioned by the Ministry of Natural Resources, at the request of the Natural Spaces Leadership Alliance, the Nature Count$ study is for discussion purposes only and does not represent ministry or government policy, or the policy of any of the Alliance member organizations.
"Mobility Impaired - Mobility
Repaired: Are Planners Ready for an Aging Society?" Presentation
to the Canadian Institute of Planners, World Planners Congress,
Vancouver, B.C., June 18, 2006 by Glenn R. Miller, FCIP, RPP, Director,
Education and Research, Canadian Urban Institute, Gordon Harris,
MCIP, Principal, Harris Consulting and Ian Ferguson, MD, FRCPC. Warning: large document Click
here to download.
"Can Planners Help Protect the Mobility of an Aging Population?" Presentation given by Glenn Miller, Director,
Education and Research, Canadian Urban Institute, Dr. Ian
Ferguson, psycho-geriatrician, and Gordon Harris, principal,
Harris Consulting, at the 2005 Canadian Institute of Planners
Conference in Calgary Alberta. By 2041, over a quarter of
Canada's population
will be comprised of seniors. This panel reviews the social,
economic and design challenges planners will face in the
near future across all Canadian urban regions. Warning: large document Click
here to download.
"Business Competitiveness in the GTA: Why Toronto is Losing
Ground" - June 2005 The Canadian
Urban Institute, with Gordon Harris of Harris Consulting, was retained
by the Toronto Office Coalition to study the effect on business competitiveness
of current property tax inequities between Toronto
and the surrounding jurisdictions. The report also examines
the longer-term consequences of development patterns
in the region.
“Assessment of Options for Homes and the ‘Options’ Model for the production of Low – Income Ownership Housing”
A CUI report submitted to Toronto Community Housing Corporation & City of Toronto’s Let’s Build Program in 2005, prepared by Jeff Evenson, Executive Vice President and David Millar, David Millar Associates. Click here to download.
