Author: Dianne Perrier
Publisher: Cmhc
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
The Southeast False Creek (SEFC) sustainable neighbourhood planning project is an initiative to redevelop approximately 32 hectares (79 acres) of industrial land on the False Creek waterfront, in the downtown of Vancouver, as a residential neighbourhood for between 8,000 and 10,000 people. SEFC is being designed to embody the principles of sustainable development in a manner appropriate to the scale, location, context, opportunities and constraints of the site. This report summarizes the results of a design charrette partially funded by CMHC, in partnership with the City of Vancouver, held in October 1998, to explore the implications of sustainable guidelines and separate policies proposed for the SEFC, particularly about 19 hectares (47 acres) of city-owned land within the 32 hectare study area. A core principle in the planning of the SEFC is that it should be a transferable model of high-density sustainable urban development. This report includes a brief history of the guideline development, the reasons for holding a charrette, a synopsis of CMHC research that was used, a critique of the effectiveness and value of the charrette. The report also includes drawings done at the charrette itself.
Southeast False Creek Design Charette Exploring High Density, Sustainable Urban Development
Author: Dianne Perrier
Publisher: Cmhc
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
The Southeast False Creek (SEFC) sustainable neighbourhood planning project is an initiative to redevelop approximately 32 hectares (79 acres) of industrial land on the False Creek waterfront, in the downtown of Vancouver, as a residential neighbourhood for between 8,000 and 10,000 people. SEFC is being designed to embody the principles of sustainable development in a manner appropriate to the scale, location, context, opportunities and constraints of the site. This report summarizes the results of a design charrette partially funded by CMHC, in partnership with the City of Vancouver, held in October 1998, to explore the implications of sustainable guidelines and separate policies proposed for the SEFC, particularly about 19 hectares (47 acres) of city-owned land within the 32 hectare study area. A core principle in the planning of the SEFC is that it should be a transferable model of high-density sustainable urban development. This report includes a brief history of the guideline development, the reasons for holding a charrette, a synopsis of CMHC research that was used, a critique of the effectiveness and value of the charrette. The report also includes drawings done at the charrette itself.
Publisher: Cmhc
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
The Southeast False Creek (SEFC) sustainable neighbourhood planning project is an initiative to redevelop approximately 32 hectares (79 acres) of industrial land on the False Creek waterfront, in the downtown of Vancouver, as a residential neighbourhood for between 8,000 and 10,000 people. SEFC is being designed to embody the principles of sustainable development in a manner appropriate to the scale, location, context, opportunities and constraints of the site. This report summarizes the results of a design charrette partially funded by CMHC, in partnership with the City of Vancouver, held in October 1998, to explore the implications of sustainable guidelines and separate policies proposed for the SEFC, particularly about 19 hectares (47 acres) of city-owned land within the 32 hectare study area. A core principle in the planning of the SEFC is that it should be a transferable model of high-density sustainable urban development. This report includes a brief history of the guideline development, the reasons for holding a charrette, a synopsis of CMHC research that was used, a critique of the effectiveness and value of the charrette. The report also includes drawings done at the charrette itself.
Brownfields Redevelopment and the Quest for Sustainability
Author: Christopher de Sousa
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 0080453589
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Examines the role that brownfields redevelopment is playing and can play in our quest for sustainability, focusing on efforts in the US and Canada. This book looks at how brownfields are used as spaces for developing an array of residential, recreational, and employment-oriented projects that have breathed new life into the urban environment.
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 0080453589
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Examines the role that brownfields redevelopment is playing and can play in our quest for sustainability, focusing on efforts in the US and Canada. This book looks at how brownfields are used as spaces for developing an array of residential, recreational, and employment-oriented projects that have breathed new life into the urban environment.
Housing Thousands of Women
Author: Marge Reitsma-Street
Publisher: University of Victoria Faculty of Human and Social Developme
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Publisher: University of Victoria Faculty of Human and Social Developme
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Compendium de Recherche
Author: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Housing
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Housing
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Literature Review of Socio-economic Trends Affecting Consumers and Housing Markets
Author: David Bruce
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
The purpose of this report is to review & consolidate existing research regarding the impact of socio-economic trends on consumers & the housing market. The review covers such topics as the cost of housing & factors contributing to cost; tenure choice & consumer housing preferences; economic factors such as employment, income, interest rates, inflation, & taxation; demographic factors such as ageing, changes in household composition, immigration, & migration; sustainable development & infrastructure needs; evidence of market failure; consumer environmental awareness; and land use planning (including smart growth and growth management). The scope of the study excludes the need for & availability of affordable housing and the development of financial products & public policy. The report also analyzes socio-economic trends in the following sub-markets in Canada: high- & slow-growth metropolitan centres, small towns, rural communities, and the North. An international perspective on trends & issues is provided for Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The final section suggests potential priorities for future research. The appendix lists research gaps by topic & by sub-market.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
The purpose of this report is to review & consolidate existing research regarding the impact of socio-economic trends on consumers & the housing market. The review covers such topics as the cost of housing & factors contributing to cost; tenure choice & consumer housing preferences; economic factors such as employment, income, interest rates, inflation, & taxation; demographic factors such as ageing, changes in household composition, immigration, & migration; sustainable development & infrastructure needs; evidence of market failure; consumer environmental awareness; and land use planning (including smart growth and growth management). The scope of the study excludes the need for & availability of affordable housing and the development of financial products & public policy. The report also analyzes socio-economic trends in the following sub-markets in Canada: high- & slow-growth metropolitan centres, small towns, rural communities, and the North. An international perspective on trends & issues is provided for Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The final section suggests potential priorities for future research. The appendix lists research gaps by topic & by sub-market.
Annual Report
Author: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Housing
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Housing
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Sustainable Urban Landscape
Author: Patrick M. Condon
Publisher: UBC James Taylor Chair in Landscape and Liveable Environments
ISBN: 9780888656544
Category : City planning
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
Publisher: UBC James Taylor Chair in Landscape and Liveable Environments
ISBN: 9780888656544
Category : City planning
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
Eco2 Cities
Author: Hiroaki Suzuki
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 082138144X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
This book is a point of departure for cities that would like to reap the many benefits of ecological and economic sustainability. It provides an analytical and operational framework that offers strategic guidance to cities on sustainable and integrated urban development.
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 082138144X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
This book is a point of departure for cities that would like to reap the many benefits of ecological and economic sustainability. It provides an analytical and operational framework that offers strategic guidance to cities on sustainable and integrated urban development.
Sustainable Urban Landscapes
Author: University of British Columbia. James Taylor Chair in Landscape and Liveable Environments
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
This book is about how to make our new neighbourhoods more sustainable than they are now. By sustainable, we mean the maintenance of the ecological health of our neighbourhoods and the provision of equitable access to affordable housing for our children. We hope that this book will be of interest to everyone; from the public officials and private developers who participate in developing and managing the urban landscape today to the secondary-school students who will shoulder these responsibilities tomorrow. This book includes four different designs for the same 400-acre site in Surrey, British Columbia, each design having been produced by a team of architects and landscape architects, working 'en charrette.'
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
This book is about how to make our new neighbourhoods more sustainable than they are now. By sustainable, we mean the maintenance of the ecological health of our neighbourhoods and the provision of equitable access to affordable housing for our children. We hope that this book will be of interest to everyone; from the public officials and private developers who participate in developing and managing the urban landscape today to the secondary-school students who will shoulder these responsibilities tomorrow. This book includes four different designs for the same 400-acre site in Surrey, British Columbia, each design having been produced by a team of architects and landscape architects, working 'en charrette.'
Housing As If People Mattered
Author: Clare Cooper Marcus
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520908791
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
From the Introduction: Consider these two places: Walking into Green Acres, you immediately sense that you have entered an oasis-traffic noise left behind, negative urban distractions out of sight, children playing and running on the grass, adults puttering on plant-filled balconies. Signs of life and care for the environment abound. Innumerable social and physical clues communicate to visitors and residents alike a sense of home and neighborhood. This is a place that people are proud of, a place that children will remember in later years with nostalgia and affection, a place that just feels "good." Contrast this with Southside Village. Something does not feel quite right. It is hard to find your way about, to discern which are the fronts and which are the backs of the houses, to determine what is "inside" and what is "outside." Strangers cut across what might be a communal backyard. There are no signs of personalization around doors or on balconies. Few children are around; those who are outside ride their bikes in circles in the parking lot There are few signs of caring; litter, graffiti, and broken light fixtures indicate the opposite. There is no sense of place; it is somewhere to move away from, not somewhere to remember with pride. These are not real locations, but we have all seen places like them. The purpose of this book is to assist in the creation of more places like Green Acres and to aid in the rehabilitation of the many Southside Villages that scar our cities. This book is a collection of guidelines for the site design of low-rise, high-density family housing. It is intended as a reference tool, primarily for housing designers and planners, but also for developers, housing authorities, citizens' groups, and tenants' organizations-anyone involved in planning or rehabilitating housing. It provides guidelines for the layout of buildings, open spaces, community facilities, play areas, walkways, and the myriad components that make up a housing site.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520908791
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
From the Introduction: Consider these two places: Walking into Green Acres, you immediately sense that you have entered an oasis-traffic noise left behind, negative urban distractions out of sight, children playing and running on the grass, adults puttering on plant-filled balconies. Signs of life and care for the environment abound. Innumerable social and physical clues communicate to visitors and residents alike a sense of home and neighborhood. This is a place that people are proud of, a place that children will remember in later years with nostalgia and affection, a place that just feels "good." Contrast this with Southside Village. Something does not feel quite right. It is hard to find your way about, to discern which are the fronts and which are the backs of the houses, to determine what is "inside" and what is "outside." Strangers cut across what might be a communal backyard. There are no signs of personalization around doors or on balconies. Few children are around; those who are outside ride their bikes in circles in the parking lot There are few signs of caring; litter, graffiti, and broken light fixtures indicate the opposite. There is no sense of place; it is somewhere to move away from, not somewhere to remember with pride. These are not real locations, but we have all seen places like them. The purpose of this book is to assist in the creation of more places like Green Acres and to aid in the rehabilitation of the many Southside Villages that scar our cities. This book is a collection of guidelines for the site design of low-rise, high-density family housing. It is intended as a reference tool, primarily for housing designers and planners, but also for developers, housing authorities, citizens' groups, and tenants' organizations-anyone involved in planning or rehabilitating housing. It provides guidelines for the layout of buildings, open spaces, community facilities, play areas, walkways, and the myriad components that make up a housing site.