Alberta Land Institute (ALI) at the University of Alberta welcomes interested researchers to submit a research proposal for our following research initiatives: Urban Form, Land Use and Sustainability: Recommendations and Key Research Gaps (up to $45,000 funding available) Linking Environmental Goals with Business Risk Management Programs in Canadian Agriculture (up to $60,000 funding available) Municipal…
Alberta Land Institute (ALI) has launched PropertyRightsGuide.ca to assist Albertans with questions about property rights. The paper, entitled A Guide to Property Rights in Alberta, is the first result from its new research program. The Guide will be presented at the Land Use 2014 Conference organized by ALI, which will be attended by approximately 280 representatives from governments, non-governmental…
Regional cooperation can lead to better land-use planning. “A lot of people can see the potential benefits of land preservation and tighter growth boundaries,” said Peter Pollock. “The challenge is that the land development system is based on many individual kinds of motivations, within what is often a very diffuse system of governance.” Pollock is the Ronald Smith Fellow with the Department…
Joining Land Use 2014 as the Keynote Speaker was an easy decision for David Miller. “I thought the conference would be a terrific opportunity to talk about city building,” said Miller, President and CEO of World Wildlife Fund – Canada. “How to use good planning and good thinking to help cities succeed economically, socially and environmentally.” Miller observed that Canadian cities are going…
Here are a few highlights of the policy issues Alberta Land Institute will be following in 2014. Release of the South Saskatchewan Regional Plan The South Saskatchewan Regional Plan (SSRP) may be the most significant planning tool for southern Alberta in the coming years. The draft SSRP (up for consultation until January 15) is the second of seven Regional Plans to be developed under the 2009 Alberta…