Browsing Category
Urban Planning
Flood costs in Canada could nearly triple by 2030 with no mitigation
OTTAWA – The yearly bills from overflowing rivers and rising seas in Canada could nearly triple by 2030 if Canada doesn't do more to improve flood protection, a new analysis suggested Thursday.The Aqueduct Floods project of the…
Community Builder Supports Ontario Frontline Workers in the Fight against COVID-19
With the number of COVID-19 cases growing in Ontario, frontline staff at hospitals and senior care homes are faced with the burden of limited medical supplies. Premier Doug Ford has called on residents and businesses of Ontario to help…
Expectations for infrastructure investment plummet globally: Survey
Despite the fact that social infrastructure and water projects - clean water, wastewater operations - are identified as top priorities from private and public sector entities from around the world, a new CG/LA Infrastructure survey shows…
Coronavirus pandemic is an opportunity to create affordable cities
Rent strikers from Toronto’s Parkdale neighbourhood and fellow protesters gather outside Social Justices Tribunal Ontario in February, 2018. The group refused to pay rent after the landlord applied for an increase in rents.
THE CANADIAN…
GROUPE A / ANNEXE U Receive a 2020 National Urban Design Award
GROUPE A / ANNEXE U has been selected for the 2020 National Urban Design Awards by the RAIC in the Urban Design Plans category for its Intervention Plan for the Pedestrian and Cyclist Comfort and Safety in the Old Québec City…
Universities can squeeze out low-income residents in cities like Montréal
Parc-Extension in Montreal is a neighbourhood in transition with dire consequences for low-income families.
Andrés Salas, Author provided
Alessandra Renzi, Concordia University; Aaron Vansintjan, Birkbeck, University of London; Emanuel…
Paradigm Shift in Facial Recognition
New automated facial recognition technology is achieving near science-fiction like capabilities.
Waterfront Toronto committee weighs in on 160 Sidewalk Labs ideas
TORONTO — A committee tasked with advising Waterfront Toronto about Google affiliate Sidewalk Labs's proposal to build a smart city says the agency should support most — but not all — of the company's ideas for the high-tech neighbourhood.…
Toyota Mobility Foundation Introduces Urban Planning Competition with MDEC
Toyota Mobility Foundation (TMF) and the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) have launched the City Architecture for Tomorrow Challenge (CATCH) to raise efficiency in urban planning.CATCH will seek to address mobility…
CMLC forging ahead with plans for Calgary’s East End
While sustaining its ongoing commitment to shepherding the renewal of East Village, where new commercial and residential projects continue to take shape, Calgary Municipal Land Corporation (CMLC) will be forging ahead in 2020 to bring the…