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Free Webinar: Walkability, Exploring Destinations Through Urban Design

Exploring Spatial Destinations through an Urban Design Context The relationship between a person’s mobility, i.e.,…
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Rethinking Driverless Technology: Autonomous Vehicles Are Not As Smart as Promised

Over the past few years Viewpoint Vancouver has been gently reminding that autonomous vehicles with…
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West Coast Affordable Housing Conference Feb 2-4 2023

The Planning Institute of British Columbia Vancouver Island North Chapter is excited to bring you…
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Trees in the City: We Need More Diversity & Density To Mitigate Climate Change

There’s a famous story of the renowned ethnobiologist Wade Davis being asked to do research on…
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Free Webinar: Traffic Calming Measures to Encourage Active School Travel

Between 2020 and 2022, Green Communities Canada and the Human Environments Analysis Lab at Western…
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Free Webinar: Donut Economics & The Built Environment In Birmingham & Oslo

What are Doughnut Economics? “They consist of two concentric rings: a social foundation, to ensure…
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Free Webinar TODAY on a Vital Issue: Why Don’t We Insist on Truck Side Guards?

This is such an important issue. We live in a region where regularly  75 percent…
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Free Webinar: How Are Complete Streets Being Rolled out in the United States?

The Smart Growth Network presents this free webinar. Implementing Complete Streets policies requires major shifts…
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30 Km/h: Going Slow in Spain & Going Buggy in Britain

Even though the Province of British Columbia has refused to give the authority to create…
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Help Wanted: Urbanists in Jakarta

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Remembrance Day November 11, 1932

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