Aboriginal Funding Tool

See also: funding

Author(s): Bano Mehdi (editor)

Adapting to Climate Change : An Introduction for Canadian Municipalities

See also: local government, municipal governance, public policy

Author(s): Office of Policy Development and Research of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Affordable Housing Design Advisor

See also: affordable housing, community design, community planning

Author(s): Western Economic Diversification Canada

An Assessment Of British Columbia's Environmental Technologies Industry

See also: British Columbia, environmental business

Author(s): Oliver M. Brandes, et al

At a Watershed: Ecological Governance and Sustainable Water Management in Canada

See also: British Columbia, bylaws, capacity building, local government, municipal governance, water conservation, water use planning, watershed management

Author(s): Tim Pringle, Sara Muir Owen

Attainable Housing Options: Implementing Successful Transition Planning

See also: affordable housing, British Columbia, community planning, housing policy, land trusts, local government, municipal governance, senior housing, sustainable development

Author(s): Ryan Durand

Baseline Inventory Services

See also: British Columbia, community planning, fish habitat management

BC Guide to Watershed Law and Planning

See also: British Columbia, local government, municipal governance, resource management, stewardship, water use planning, watershed management

Author(s): Don Alexander, Ray Tomalty and Mark Anielski

BC Sprawl Report 2004 - Economic Vitality and Livable Communities

See also: affordable housing, British Columbia, community planning, growth management, land conservation, local government, public policy, smart growth, sustainable development

Author(s): Ryan Berlin, Andrew Ramlo

BCAA Data Analysis: A Spatial Overview of Patterns of Property Ownership in the East Kootenay Regional District, 2001 and 2005

See also: Alberta, British Columbia, community planning, demographics, local government

Author(s): Grasslands Conservation Council of British Columbia

Best Management Practices for Motorized Recreation on BC's Grasslands

Author(s): M. John Fayhee and staff

Blowing Bubbles: Around the Region, Real Estate Offers the Latest Incarnation of the Old Boom-and-Bust

See also: affordable housing, community planning, demographics, economic development, economic diversification, mountain resort communities

Boom and Bust in the America West

See also: cattle ranching, community planning, demographics, mountain resort communities, oil and gas development, recreational development, resouce-based communities, resource management, tourism development

Canadian Residential Construction Outlook ? Multi-Unit Starts Extend the Homebuilding Boom

See also: affordable housing, statistics

Author(s): Oliver M. Brandes, Lynn Kriwoken

Changing Perspectives - Changing Paradigms: Demand management strategies and innovative solutions for a sustainable Okanagan water future

See also: British Columbia, water conservation, water use planning, watershed management

Author(s): Brent Harley and Associates, The Resort Planning Group

City of Revelstoke and Columbia Shuswap Regional District: Socio-Economic and Land Use Assessment of Potential Impacts of the Proposed Mount MacKenzie Expansion Plan

See also: affordable housing, British Columbia, community design, community planning, economic development, economic diversification, local government, mountain resort communities, recreational development, tourism development

Clean Air

See also: health effects

Communities in Transition 2007 ? 2010 Strategic Plan

Community Development Resources

Author(s): Adrina C. Ambrosii

Compendium of Best Management Practices for Canadian Urban Forests

See also: forest management, greenways, land conservation, local government, municipal governance, parks planning, public policy

Author(s): BC Adventure Network

Cranbrook

See also: British Columbia, tourism development

Author(s): CivicInfo BC, Local Government Management Association

Database of Grant and Assistance Programs

See also: British Columbia, funding

District of Tofino Attainable Housing Committee Strategy

See also: British Columbia, housing policy, local government

Documentation 9th Living Lakes Conference: Land and Water Use in Recreational Development - Business and Corporate Social Responsibility for Water Ecosystems

See also: adventure travel, British Columbia, community planning, ecotourism, First Nations communities, fish habitat management, marine tourism, recreational development, resouce-based communities, stewardship, sustainable development, water use planning, watercourse management, watershed management, wilderness areas

Ecotrust Canada

See also: capacity building, funding, sustainable development

Farm Credit Canada ? Funding for Rural community Projects

See also: funding

Author(s): BC Institute for Co-operative Studies (BCICS)

Forestry, Value-Added, and NTFP Co-ops

See also: British Columbia, co-operatives, value-added

Grants for Local Government

See also: British Columbia, funding, local government

Green Infrastructure Model Bylaw Package

See also: British Columbia, bylaws, community planning, fish habitat management, local government, municipal governance, public policy, rainwater management, smart growth, stormwater planning, sustainable development, waste water management, watershed management

GUSSE - at www.gusse.org

See also: community design, local government, sustainable development

homeWORD

See also: affordable housing

Author(s): Tim Pringle, Sara Muir Owen

How Growth in the Recreation and Resort Property Market is Driving Change in the East Kootenay Region

See also: affordable housing, Alberta, British Columbia, community planning, demographics, growth management, mountain resort communities, property assessments, recreational development, resouce-based communities, smart growth, sprawl

How Much is an Ecosystem Worth? Assessing the Economic Value of Conservation

See also: economic development, economic valuation, land conservation, land trusts

Author(s): Risa Smith, Jenny Fraser

Indicators of Climate Change for British Columbia, 2002

See also: British Columbia, indicators

Author(s): Mary Robertson Lacroix

Innovative Rural Communities

See also: community design, local government, Ontario, public policy

Intergovernmental Community Planning: The Sliammon/Powell River Pilot Project

See also: British Columbia, capacity building, community planning, First Nations communities, self-government, treaty negotiation

Author(s): BC Spaces

Jobs and Environment : Moving British Columbia into the Twenty First Century

See also: British Columbia, employment, new economy

Author(s): Community Planning Council of Prince George

Land Use and Misuse

See also: British Columbia, community planning

Author(s): Ric Careless

Lillooet-Lytton Tourism Diversification Project

See also: British Columbia, community planning, community planning, cultural tourism, economic development, economic diversification, ecotourism, First Nations communities, local government, mountain resort communities, recreational development, tourism development

Author(s): Office of Housing and Construction Standards, Province of B.C.

Local Government Guide to Market Housing Affordability (2005)

See also: affordable housing, British Columbia, housing policy, local government, municipal governance, senior housing

Lower Mainland Affordable Housing Network

See also: affordable housing, British Columbia

Author(s): G.G. Runka, et al

Mitigating the Fragmentation and Development of BC's Grasslands: Problem Analysis and Strategic Plan

See also: British Columbia, cattle ranching, land conservation, resource management

Author(s): Stewart Chisholm, Randee Holmes

No Plot Is Too Small: A Community's Guide to Restoring Public Landscapes

See also: naturalization

Author(s): Normandy Daniels

Options for Affordable Housing: New Solutions to the Housing Crisis in the Islands Trust Area

See also: affordable housing, British Columbia, housing policy, senior housing

Orchard Gardens - Missoula, Montana

See also: affordable housing, community design, sustainable development

Author(s): Aaron Welch

Organising Forestry Co-operatives in BC: A Handbook

See also: British Columbia, co-operatives, forest management, resource management

Author(s): Anna Kirbyson

Perspective on Community Based Food Security Projects

See also: British Columbia, farming, food, health

Author(s): National Riparian Service Team

PFC (Proper Functioning Condition) What It Is and What It Isn't

Author(s): Raymond Chipeniuk

Planning for Amenity Migration

See also: British Columbia, community planning, economic development, economic diversification, economic valuation, ecotourism, local government, mountain resort communities, mountain resort communities, public policy, recreational development

Author(s): Darrell Smith

Planning Tools to Balance Growth and Conservation

Author(s): Brandes Olimver M

POLIS Report Proposes New Urban Water Infrastructure for Canadian Cities

See also: British Columbia, community planning, Ontario, water conservation, water use planning, watershed management

Author(s): Ray Rasker, et al

Prosperity in the 21st Century West

See also: community planning, economic development, land conservation, mountain resort communities, national parks, wilderness areas

Author(s): Deborah Curran

Protecting the Working Landscape of Agriculture: A Smart Growth Direction for Municipalities in British Columbia

Author(s): Jessica Clogg

Provincial Forestry Revitalization Plan ? Forestry Act Amendments: Impacts and Implications for BC First Nations

See also: British Columbia, legislation

Author(s): Sean Markey, et al

Re-orient to Readiness: Overcoming Barriers to Implementation in the Northwest

See also: British Columbia, economic development, economic diversification, local government

Author(s): Sean Markey, Greg Halseth, Don Manson

Re-orient to Readiness: Overcoming Barriers to Implementation in the Northwest Region of British Columbia

See also: British Columbia, economic development, economic diversification, local government

Recommendations to Finance Committee, Provincial Government

See also: affordable housing, British Columbia, housing policy, public policy

Regional District Tool Kit

See also: associations, British Columbia, capacity building, community planning, growth management, local government, municipal governance

Author(s): Emily Salomon

Resource List: Sustainable Planning for Aging in Place

See also: affordable housing, community planning, demographics, health effects, housing policy, senior housing

Author(s): Linda Horsfall with assistance from Sheila Harrington

Safeguarding Canada's Wealth - Bringing Stewardship and Conservation into Ecological, Economic Valuation

See also: economic valuation, environmental business, new economy, value-added, wilderness areas

Author(s): Brennan Clarke

Saltspring siblings give the gift of homes. Donation to create the Gulf island's first low-income housing project

See also: affordable housing, British Columbia

Author(s): Sean Markey, et al

Second Growth: Community Economic Development in Rural British Columbia

See also: British Columbia, community planning, economic development, economic diversification, First Nations communities, forest management, local government, resouce-based communities, resource management, sustainable development

Author(s): Berlin Ryan, Ramlo Andrew

Seniors' Housing Demand in British Columbia over the Next Thirty Years

Author(s): Katherine Dunster

Slow Landscapes and Small Towns

See also: British Columbia, farming, land conservation, resouce-based communities, resource management, smart growth, sprawl, stewardship, sustainable development

Smart Bylaws Guide

See also: British Columbia, bylaws, community planning, growth management, housing policy, land conservation, legislation, local government, municipal governance, public policy, smart growth, sprawl, sustainable development

Author(s): Barbara Wells

Smart Growth at the Frontier: Strategies and Resources for Rural Communities

See also: community design, community planning, farming, funding, greenways, growth management, land conservation, local government, public policy, smart growth, sprawl, sustainable development, transportation planning

Author(s): Lehna Malmkvist

Smart Municipal Development: Urban stream restoration and stormwater management in residential and agricultural development areas in Saanich, B.C.

See also: British Columbia, local government, rainwater management, stormwater planning, watercourse management, watershed management

Author(s): prepared by: Jaimie Sanchez

Smithers Symposium on Mountain Community Development: Planning for Tourism and Amenity Migration & Resorts

See also: affordable housing, British Columbia, community planning, demographics, economic development, economic diversification, housing policy, local government, mountain resort communities, municipal governance, recreational development, resouce-based communities, tourism development

Author(s): Coalition for Licensing & Registration of Off-Road Vehicles in British Columbia

Solutions for a Sustainable Future: Final Recommendations for Registration, Licensing and Management of Off-Road Vehicles in British Columbia

Sustaining Jackson Hole: A Community Exploration

See also: affordable housing, capacity building, cattle ranching, community design, community planning, demographics, economic development, economic diversification, growth management, housing policy, indicators, land conservation, local government, mountain resort communities, public policy, recreational development, smart growth, sustainable development, tourism development

The Center for Whole Communities - Measures for Health

See also: health effects

The Comox Valley ? A Study of a Rural Community in Crisis

See also: affordable housing, British Columbia, demographics, housing policy

The Islands in the Salish Sea Community Atlas

The Kingfisher, Special Issue: Communities in Transition

See also: British Columbia, community planning, economic development, economic diversification, economic valuation, land conservation, land trusts, oil and gas development, provincial parks, recreational development, stewardship, tourism development, wilderness areas

The Kingfisher: Volume 12 Winter/Spring 2006

See also: affordable housing, British Columbia, farming, funding, land conservation, land trusts, local government, parks planning, public policy, resource management, wilderness areas

Author(s): Sarah James, Torbjörn Lahti

The Natural Step for Communities: How Cities and Towns can Change to Sustainable Practices

See also: community planning, local government, sustainable development

The Resilient City

See also: capacity building, coal mining, demographics, economic diversification, local government, municipal governance, public policy, resouce-based communities, tourism development

Author(s): Linda Venturoni

The Social and Economic Effects of Second Homes

See also: affordable housing, community planning, demographics, economic development, economic diversification, employment, growth management, local government, mountain resort communities, recreational development, smart growth, tourism development

Author(s): Nancy Olewiler

The Value of Natural Capital in Settled Areas of Canada

See also: economic valuation, public policy, sustainable development

The Whistler 2020 Plan

See also: affordable housing, British Columbia, community design, community planning, economic development, entrepreneurship, housing policy, local government, mountain resort communities, municipal governance, public policy, sustainable development, tourism development, transportation planning

Author(s): Lourette Swanepoel, et al.

Tools for Planning for Long-term Sustainability: The citiesPLUS Design Charrettes

See also: British Columbia, community planning

Author(s): CitySpaces Consulting Ltd.

Town of Lake Cowichan Downtown Revitalization Strategy

See also: British Columbia, community design, community planning, greenways, tourism development, trails planning

Author(s): M. John Fayhee and staff

Town Shopping: Maintaining Karmic Balance in the New West's Real Estate Economy

See also: affordable housing, community planning, demographics, economic diversification, mountain resort communities, resouce-based communities

Author(s): Karyn Moskowitz, Randal O'Toole

Transitions: New Incentives for Rural Communities

See also: community planning

Author(s): Norman Dale

Understanding the Effects of Offshore Oil and Gas on Queen Charlotte Basin Communities

See also: British Columbia, economic valuation, oil and gas development, resouce-based communities, resource management

Author(s): John Ingram

Urban Naturalization in Canada

See also: naturalization

Author(s): edited by Cam McAlpine

Voices From the Coast: The Collected Stories of Coastal BC Community Members Involved in the Research and Discussion of Oil and Gas

See also: British Columbia, capacity building, economic development, First Nations communities, oil and gas development, resouce-based communities, resource management

Author(s): Kim Stephens, et al

Water Balance Management in the Okanagan: Now What Do We Do?

Author(s): Kim Stephens, et al

Water Balance Management in the Okanagan: Now What Do We Do?

Water Connections: A Feasibility Study Towards Understanding and Improving Access to Water Information in Canada -- Draft

See also: water conservation, water use planning, watershed management