Introduction to the City of Baltimore’s Integrated Planning Framework Approach

The current planning framework in the Province of Ontario is based on principles of “smart growth” including transit oriented development, intensification, and a focus on building complete communities. While the advancement of these principles has been positive in certain cases, the literature identifies that industrial lands may face redevelopment pressure as smart growth principles are adopted. This paper provides the opportunity to assess the extent of which this is the case in the context of the City of Markham. A content analysis of twelve employment land conversion applications provides for an on-the-ground case study of how the planning framework in Ontario, informed by smart growth principles, is leveraged by developers to support employment land conversions. Research findings include conflicting interpretations, among stakeholders, of planning policy goals related to employment land. Recommendations include the need for a more consistent articulation of policy goals and a rethink of traditional zoning strategies for industrial lands.

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Rethinking planning in a digital marketplace: implications of e-commerce for land use policy in Toronto

10.32920/ryerson.14661402 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

John Federici

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Case Studies ◽

Land Use Policy ◽

Retail Development ◽

Goods Movement ◽

Planning Framework ◽

Land Use Policies ◽

Industrial Real Estate ◽

The City ◽

Municipal Level

The intention of the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe is to create a planning framework that achieves complete communities and a thriving economy. However, there is minimal direction for municipalities planning for retail development to realize these goals. This is problematic, as e-commerce is disrupting the retail industry and is transforming the commercial and industrial real estate that support it. This paper examines e-commerce growth over the past thirteen years in Canada and demonstrates how this is prompting changes in both land markets through two case studies. Case studies identify implications that e-commerce will create for land use policy in Toronto moving forward. Recommendations presented to address these implications prompt upper levels of government to collect data to inform decision making at the municipal level. Recommendations for the City of Toronto are aimed at relaxing land use policies to create a strategy to facilitate efficient goods movement. Key words: E-commerce; Land Use Policy; Toronto, Canada

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Overcoming obstacles to parkland acquisition: an analysis of the City of Toronto's parkland acquisition tools, why they have failed the downtown, and what can be done about it

10.32920/ryerson.14649456 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Sophie Lewis Knowles

Keyword(s):

Development Process ◽

Market Price ◽

Review Of The Literature ◽

Land Supply ◽

Development Framework ◽

Planning Framework ◽

Key Informant ◽

Governance Challenges ◽

Timely Fashion ◽

The City

Since the mid-1900s, municipal parkland acquisition in North America has occurred largely through the development process. This paper asks how well Toronto’s existing acquisition tools and policies are meeting the needs of present and future populations in the downtown. Research was conducted through a review of the literature, policy and budgetary analysis, and twelve key informant interviews with municipal parks staff, councillors, developers, a planning consultant, and community advocates. The research finds that there are many factors that have impeded parkland acquisition in the downtown, including lack of a strong planning framework, historical disbursal of cash-in-lieu funds city-wide, governance challenges, underfunding of existing operations, limited land supply, a perception of land as overpriced, inability to purchase at market price and in a timely fashion, and limited knowledge of existing tools. The paper acknowledges what has worked and concludes with recommendations to improve the City’s parkland acquisition and development framework.

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Governance Capacity of the City of Niš, Serbia, in the Spatial Planning Process

Journal of Planning Education and Research ◽

10.1177/0739456x19844564 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 0739456X1984456

Author(s):

Milica Maksić

Keyword(s):

Spatial Planning ◽

Planning Process ◽

Local Level ◽

Planning Model ◽

Informal Governance ◽

Governance Capacity ◽

Planning Models ◽

Planning Framework ◽

Governance Practices ◽

The City

The basic objective of this paper is to research the capacity of local-level governance in Serbia to transform spatial planning practices. The analysis was performed on the case study of the City of Niš, where besides the presence of formal planning instruments, new informal governance practices have emerged. The governance of spatial development was analyzed in relation to three ideal governance models: hierarchy, market, and network, and four planning models: the comprehensive planning model, the negotiative planning model, the neoliberal model, and the collaborative model. The strengths and weaknesses of the institutional and planning framework are defined, and recommendations for improvement are given.

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