CIT Archives

The following is a list of resources organized by the date they were posted on the website starting April 2005. To keyword search the entire CIT library, visit the Web Library.

October 2006

Saltspring siblings give the gift of homes. Donation to create the Gulf island's first low-income housing project: from the Globe and Mail; posted: Oct. 2006.

Orchard Gardens - Missoula, Montana: prepared by homeWORD; posted: Oct. 2006.

Comox Valley Facts: A Study of a Rural Community in Crisis: prepared by the Comox Valley Affordable Housing Society; posted: Oct. 2006.

Options for Affordable Housing: New Solutions to the Housing Crisis in the Islands Trust Area: prepared by Local Planning Services of the Islands Trust; posted: Oct. 2006.

Resource List: Sustainable Planning for Aging in Place: prepared by International City/County Management Association; posted: Oct. 2006.

POLIS Report Proposes New Urban Water Infrastructure for Canadian Cities: prepared by POLIS Project on Ecological Governance, University of Victoria; posted: Oct. 2006.

GUSSE - at www.gusse.org: prepared by Global Urban Sustainability Solutions Exchange; posted: Oct. 2006.

The Center for Whole Communities - Measures for Health: prepared by Center for Whole Communities; posted: Oct. 2006.

June 2006

Re-orient to Readiness: Overcoming Barriers to Implementation in the Northwest Region of British Columbia prepared by UNBC’s Community Development Institute and Geography Program in collaboration with SFU’s Exploration Program, posted: June 2006

Smart Growth at the Frontier: Strategies and Resources for Rural Communities prepared by Barbara Wells of the Northeast-Midwest Institute, posted: June 2006

Best Management Practices for Motorized Recreation on BC's Grasslands prepared by Grasslands Conservation Council of British Columbia, posted: May 2006

May 2006

How Growth in the Recreation and Resort Property Market is Driving Change in the East Kootenay Region prepared by Real Estate Foundation of BC, posted: May 2006

Town of Lake Cowichan Downtown Revitalization Strategy prepared by CitySpaces Consulting Ltd. posted 8 May 2006

Local Government Guide to Market Housing Affordability (2005) by Office of Housing and Construction Standards, Province of B.C. posted 8 May 2006

Affordable Housing Design Advisor by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Developmentposted 8 May 2006

Compendium of Best Management Practices for Canadian Urban Forests prepared by Tree Canada, posted: May 2006

March 2006

Smithers Symposium on Mountain Community Development: Planning for Tourism and Amenity Migration & Resorts prepared by Jaimie Sanchez, UNBC School of Environmental Planning posted 22 March 2006

Blowing Bubbles: Around the Region, Real Estate Offers the Latest Incarnation of the Old Boom-and-Bust by M. John Fayee and staff posted 22 March 2006

Town Shopping: Maintaining Karmic Balance in the New West's Real Estate Economy by M. John Fayee and staff posted 22 March 2006

February 2006

Seniors' Housing Demand in British Columbia over the Next Thirty Years by Urban Futures posted 06 February 2006

January 2006

The Kingfisher: Volume 12 Winter/Spring 2006 by the Land Trust Alliance posted 31 January 2006

Green Municipal Engineering for Sustainable Communities by P.M. Condon and K. Isaac posted 31 January 2006

Attainable Housing Options: Implementing Successful Transition Planning by Tim Pringle and Sara Muir Owen, posted 24 January 2006

December 2005

Protecting the Working Landscape of Agriculture: A Smart Growth Direction for Municipalities in British Columbia by Deborah Curran, posted 16 December 05

At a Watershed: Ecological Governance and Sustainable Water Management in Canada by Oliver M. Brandes, et al, posted 16 December 05

BC Guide to Watershed Law and Planning by West Coast Environmental Law, posted 16 December 05

November 2005

How Much is an Ecosystem Worth? Assessing the Economic Value of Conservation by the Nature Conservancy, IUCN and the World Bank posted 30 November 05

The Resilient City by the Ministry of Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services, Government of British Columbia posted 30 November 05

Rural Communities in Economic Transition: How CED Can Help Them Learn by Anne Miller posted 30 November 05

October 2005

Regional District Tool Kit by the Union of BC Municipalities 21 October 05

Towards Sustainable Communities: Resources for Citizens and their Governments by Mark Roseland posted 21 October 05
Sustaining Jackson Hole: A Community Initiative by The Charture Institute, The Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce; The Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative posted 21 October 05

September 2005

BCAA Data Analysis: A Spatial Overview of Patterns of Ownership in the East Kootenay Regional District, 2001 and 2005 by Ryan Berlin and Andrew Ramlo posted 27 September 05

The Kingfisher - Special Issue: Communities in Transition by the Land Trust Alliance of British Columbia posted 06 September 05

August 2005

Second Growth: Community Economic Development in Rural British Columbia by Sean Markey, John Pierce, Kelly Vodden and Mark Roseland, SFU Centre for Sustainable Community Development posted 09 August 05