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Reverse Zone, weblog on urban planning, sustainability, and technology.
Martin Laplante
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Recent posts
- Border Adjustments: A Solution to Climate Change Action
- Direct Democracy vs. Intolerance - the Swiss Minaret Vote
- The New Urban/Rural Relationship
- Is Manhattan, New York, or Greater New York Sustainable?
- Criticizing Me Is Unconstitutional, Says Architect
- Will High Speed Rail Reduce GHGs?
- Suburban Retrofit
- Lateral Semantic Indexing
- Resistance From Residents Near Carbon Capture Sites
- LEED for Neighborhood Development (LEED-ND) Voting Is On
- $300K Fine for Astroturfing
- Carbon capture from coal plants
- What is the Proper Role of Villages in Smart Growth
- Green Buildings Need Design and Geographic Context
- Ontario Coal Generators Are Shut Down
- Canada and US Driving No Longer Dropping
- This Year Ontario No Longer Needs Coal
- Shaping the Public Realm
- The Days of Sprawl Are Officially Over
- The Telescope is Backward
- Stop The Earth
- Amazon CloudFront New Pricing, Cheap At A Million Dollars
- Canada Spends Billions in Energy INefficiency
- Density as Persons Plus Jobs Per Unit Area
- Now is the Time for New Transit Investments
- UNFCCC Confuses Journalists on Direction of Greenhouse Gases
- Canadian Business Prefers Carbon Tax
- Streets To Home: Down With Continuum of Care!
- Close Roads to Reduce Congestion
- Science and Economics of Climate Change
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Top Posts
- Close Roads to Reduce Congestion
- The Delicate Balancing Act of Downtowns and the Death of Griffintown
- Places to Grow - Pictures Tell the Story
- Why We Still Need Separation of Uses
- Dense Condos Do Not Revitalize
- Hot Air - How to Beat Climate Change By Burning More Coal
- What's Best for Renewables, Merton Rule or Feed-In Tariff?
- LEED for Neighborhood Development Pilot Rating System
- Main Arterial Woonerf
- More on Which is Greener, Houses or Apartments?
- Which is Greener, Houses or Apartments?
- Zoning Exceptions and the Failure of Planning
- 18th Century Planning is Still the State of the Art
- Ontario Municipal Board Says City Can't Plan for Mix or Density of Mixed Use
- Brownfield Brutalism - Urban Planning for Sale
- The Causes of Sprawl
- Energy Star Sprawl
- Is High Density the Cure for Transportation?
- Why not Build Medieval Towns Here?
- Vancouver has it right - Ecodensity
- Ontario has it wrong - Places to Grow
- Jane Jacobs, Christopher Alexander, and Barry Wellman
- Review of This Land: The Battle over Sprawl and the Future of America
- New York's Downzoning Uprising
- Community Planning - are citizens powerless?
- Paris riots and urban planning
- Minimize Greenhouse Gas Emissions through Reverse Zoning
- Social Sciences: So Much Left Undone
Vancouver has it right - Ecodensity
Vancouver's new Ecodensity initiative is being incorrectly described as a high-density plan by the media, and even a higher-density downtown plan by the Globe and Mail. They got the story wrong.
The plan tries to distribute density that is higher than before in low-density neighbourhoods, and concentrates on Vancouver's 18 neighbourhood centres. High quality of neighbourhood planning and of architecture are hallmarks of the plan. It also addresses affordability, promises investments in greenspace and public amenities, and proposes to start the process with extensive public consultation to help citizens make choices.
Bravo, Vancouver.
Tags: Urban Planning Smart Growth Vancouver