scholarly journals Tribunal troubles: an analysis of the potential effects of Bill 139 on housing affordability, and the transparency and efficiency of Ontario's land use planning and appeal system

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kumail Raza
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Housing Affordability ◽  
Housing Supply ◽  
Major Research ◽  
Expected Outcome ◽  
Appeals Process ◽  
Municipal Autonomy

This Major Research Paper (MRP) analyzes the potential effects of Bill 139 on housing affordability, and the transparency and efficiency of land use planning in the province of Ontario. Specifically, this MRP analyzes how changes to Ontario‘s Development and Land Use Appeals Process may impact the delivery of new housing supply to market, hence, impacting affordability. Additionally, this MRP evaluates changes in the appeals process in regards to increased transparency, an expected outcome of Bill 139. A qualitative analysis of the Bill 139 reforms finds that Ontario‘s land use planning and appeal systems require immediate assistance in regards to implementation, and further reform in terms of municipal autonomy, decision making power of the tribunal, and the nature of appeal hearings.

scholarly journals Tribunal troubles: an analysis of the potential effects of Bill 139 on housing affordability, and the transparency and efficiency of Ontario's land use planning and appeal system

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kumail Raza
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Housing Affordability ◽  
Housing Supply ◽  
Major Research ◽  
Expected Outcome ◽  
Appeals Process ◽  
Municipal Autonomy

This Major Research Paper (MRP) analyzes the potential effects of Bill 139 on housing affordability, and the transparency and efficiency of land use planning in the province of Ontario. Specifically, this MRP analyzes how changes to Ontario‘s Development and Land Use Appeals Process may impact the delivery of new housing supply to market, hence, impacting affordability. Additionally, this MRP evaluates changes in the appeals process in regards to increased transparency, an expected outcome of Bill 139. A qualitative analysis of the Bill 139 reforms finds that Ontario‘s land use planning and appeal systems require immediate assistance in regards to implementation, and further reform in terms of municipal autonomy, decision making power of the tribunal, and the nature of appeal hearings.

Excluded communities and participatory land-use planning: experience from informal Roma settlements in Serbia

2021 ◽  
pp. 095624782110240
Author(s):  
Zlata Vuksanović-Macura ◽  
Igor Miščević
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Participatory Approach ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Active Involvement

Citizen participation in the planning and decision-making process in the European post-socialist context is much debated. Still, the involvement of excluded communities in the urban planning process remains understudied. This paper presents and discusses the application of an innovative participatory approach designed to ensure active involvement of an excluded ethnic minority, the Roma community, in the process of formulating and adopting land-use plans for informal settlements in Serbia. By analysing the development of land-use plans in 11 municipalities, we observe that the applied participatory approach enhanced the inhabitants’ active participation and helped build consensus on the planned solution between the key actors. Findings also suggested that further work with citizens, capacity building of planners and administration, and secured financial mechanisms are needed to move citizen participation in urban planning beyond the limited statutory requirements.

Translating a risk-based land-use planning issue to a decision making tool using simple GIS approaches

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Carroll ◽  
Evan Thomas ◽  
Lloyd Fielding ◽  
Charles Dowding ◽  
Les Dawes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Decision Making Tool

Central Information Flows and Decision-Making Requirements

2013 ◽  
pp. 7-32
Author(s):  
Robin J.A. Sharp ◽  
Julie A. Ewald ◽  
Robert Kenward
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Land Use ◽  
European Union ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Agricultural Policy ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
State Level ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Information Flows ◽  
Project Partner

Information needs of government for SEA, EIA, and other aspects of biodiversity conservation and sustainable development are studied and reported in this chapter. This includes needs related to biodiversity for land use planning, for operation of the EU Common Agricultural Policy, for agricultural policy more generally, and for Biodiversity Action Plans. Legislation and its implementation are considered at European Union and member state level by direct enquiries and a preliminary questionnaire survey in project partner countries. Preliminary conclusions are drawn and lessons learned for a Pan-European survey.

scholarly journals The Multivariated Effect of City Cooperation in Land Use Planning and Decision-Making Processes: A European Analysis

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luís Carlos Loures ◽  
Rui Alexandre Castanho ◽  
José Manuel Naranjo Gómez ◽  
Ana Vulevic ◽  
José Cabezas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Decision Making Processes

A Spatio-Temporal Storage Method for Land-Use Change

2014 ◽  
Vol 687-691 ◽  
pp. 3078-3082
Author(s):  
Ning Pan ◽  
Ke Wang ◽  
Jing Jing Tan
Keyword(s):  
Data Mining ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Change ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Historical Data ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
Storage Method ◽  
Temporal Aspect ◽  
Spatio Temporal

Frequent land-use changes might produce a large amount of historical data which are valuable for data mining and decision-making. Based on the traditional Whole-state-recording Mode, the Special-state-recording Mode was proposed, focusing on the temporal aspect. This mode could optimize the land use database and reduce redundant change record. It could also improve data rollback and historical backtracking functions. The mode was successfully applied to land use planning in Zhejiang Province.

scholarly journals Using social marketing concepts to promote the integration of systematic conservation plans in land-use planning in South Africa

Oryx ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angelika Wilhelm-Rechmann ◽  
Richard M. Cowling ◽  
Mark Difford
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Social Marketing ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Significant Information ◽  
Marketing Analysis ◽  
Conservation Plans

AbstractLocal land-use planning procedures are increasingly recognized as potentially crucial to ensure off-reserve biodiversity protection. Mainstreaming systematic conservation planning maps in these decision-making procedures has been proposed as a mechanism to achieve this. However, research is lacking on how to convince officials and politicians to change their behaviour and include the maps in their decision-making. Social marketing is a tool commonly used to effect behaviour change in many sectors but its application in conservation is limited. In the formative research phase of a social marketing study we interviewed locally elected politicians in four coastal municipalities in South Africa. We found that conservation and environmental issues play virtually no role in their work; however, they do attribute value to the natural environment. Land-use planning procedures are considered important but dysfunctional and the role of conservation is perceived negatively in their municipalities. Their information-seeking behaviour is clearly localized. We present a marketing analysis of these results and argue for improving the attractiveness of the product: the maps should be more option- than veto-based and should identify locally relevant ecosystem services. Locally significant information should be provided at a time and location convenient for politicians. We conclude that engagement with councillors should be proactive, refer to land-use planning and services from ‘nature’ rather than ‘biodiversity’ and use terminology and information that is locally oriented and meaningful from the politician's perspective. The analysis highlights the usefulness of the marketing approach for conservation.

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