Urban Design in the Atlantic Provinces

These are all examples of how to plan and design the shape, form and appearance of a community. They are almost all from Nova Scotia. Contributions of material from the other Atlantic Provinces are welcome.

Neighbourhood or District Planning and Design

• Planning the Hydrostone Neighbourhood - community planning and urban design principles that went into the design
• Reconstruction of the Richmond District in Halifax: A Canadian Episode in Public Housing and Town Planning, 1918-1921 - reprint of an extensive article on the creation of the Hydrostone neighbourhood
• Grand Pre Heritage Conservation District Plan, Bylaw and Design Guidelines - an example of how undesirable intrusions into a historic community can be minimized
• MUNICIPAL SERVICING DESIGN STANDARDS : Measures with Impractical Applications - excessive design standards result in a Habitat for Humanity project being forced to move to another site
• Downtown Halifax Urban Structure Study - summary of the urban design analysis by Beverly A. Sandalack and Andrei Nicolai
• A Vision of Halifax: Public Life - Public Space - Beverly Sandalack on the Future of Downtown Halifax: Halifax Downtown Business Commission Lecture Series
• Riding the Wave: Waterfront & Downtown Development - lessons for HRM from the Downtown New Brunswick/Atlantic Planners Institute - Conference '98
• Heritage Planning: Will the Past build our Future - API Newsletter Feature Theme
• Residential Architectural Guidelines - from Town of Wolfville Municipal Planning Strategy
• Residential Architectural Guidelines Control Area - from Town of Wolfville Land Use By-law

Metropolitan and Regional Planning and Design

• Frank Palermo: A Vision for Urban Growth in Halifax Regional Municipality - opening keynote at the DalTech 1999 Planning Module on Urban Form in HRM
• Frank Palermo on "Centres in the Region" - opening keynote at the 2000 DalTech Planning Module
• Lessons from Regional Planning in Other Cities - DalTech 1999 Planning Module on HRM Urban Form
• East Hants Long Term Development Plan - community design on a broad scale, winner of CIP award
• Coal Mine Redevelopment in South-Central Poland - Presentation by Norval Collins to NSAPP, March 25, 1999, Halifax
• Urban Sprawl in the Atlantic Provinces - API Newsletter Feature Theme

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