scholarly journals From Preservation to Production: Better Planning and Management of Employment Lands in the City of Toronto

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jahnavi Ramakrishnan
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Municipal Planning ◽  
Planning Policy ◽  
Planning And Management ◽  
Traditional Manufacturing ◽  
The City

This paper examines provincial and municipal planning policy related to the Employment Areas land-use designation found in the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe intended to protect and preserve the traditional manufacturing sector. While manufacturing jobs have declined in the City of Toronto, employment areas face pressure to preserve existing industrial uses or risk conversion to ‘higher and better uses,’ especially as the City becomes increasingly built-out. Drawing on two case studies of employment areas in the City of Toronto and local and international best practices, this paper aims to propose specific recommendations for better planning and management of these significant lands.

scholarly journals From Preservation to Production: Better Planning and Management of Employment Lands in the City of Toronto

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jahnavi Ramakrishnan
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Municipal Planning ◽  
Planning Policy ◽  
Planning And Management ◽  
Traditional Manufacturing ◽  
The City

This paper examines provincial and municipal planning policy related to the Employment Areas land-use designation found in the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe intended to protect and preserve the traditional manufacturing sector. While manufacturing jobs have declined in the City of Toronto, employment areas face pressure to preserve existing industrial uses or risk conversion to ‘higher and better uses,’ especially as the City becomes increasingly built-out. Drawing on two case studies of employment areas in the City of Toronto and local and international best practices, this paper aims to propose specific recommendations for better planning and management of these significant lands.

scholarly journals Employment lands in Toronto: a case for conversion in urban centres and in the vicinity of transit stations

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean Guenther
Keyword(s):  
City Planning ◽  
Land Application ◽  
City Council ◽  
Land Conversion ◽  
Rapid Population Growth ◽  
Municipal Planning ◽  
Planning Policy ◽  
Employment Density ◽  
Planning Staff ◽  
The City

Deindustrialization and rapid population growth in the City of Toronto has resulted in greater employment land conversion pressures being placed on underutilized and vacant Employment Areas (Blais, 2015; Filon 2003). In 2013, City Planning Staff made recommendations to City Council for the preservation or conversion of specific employment land application requests under the City of Toronto’s Municipal Comprehensive Review process (City of Toronto, 2013). This paper will examine five employment land conversion applications in Toronto’s inner suburbs, the Scarborough Urban Growth Centre and within 500 meters of the Mimico GO Station through a content analysis of City Planning Staff’s recommendations along with the property owner’s rationales. It was found that the five sites should be converted to better meet the Provincial and Municipal planning policy requirements that align with Smart Growth’s objectives. The five sites pose minimal land use compatibility conflicts, require increases in population and employment density, and are isolated from larger Employment Areas.

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

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

scholarly journals Employment lands in Toronto: a case for conversion in urban centres and in the vicinity of transit stations

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean Guenther
Keyword(s):  
City Planning ◽  
Land Application ◽  
City Council ◽  
Land Conversion ◽  
Rapid Population Growth ◽  
Municipal Planning ◽  
Planning Policy ◽  
Employment Density ◽  
Planning Staff ◽  
The City

Deindustrialization and rapid population growth in the City of Toronto has resulted in greater employment land conversion pressures being placed on underutilized and vacant Employment Areas (Blais, 2015; Filon 2003). In 2013, City Planning Staff made recommendations to City Council for the preservation or conversion of specific employment land application requests under the City of Toronto’s Municipal Comprehensive Review process (City of Toronto, 2013). This paper will examine five employment land conversion applications in Toronto’s inner suburbs, the Scarborough Urban Growth Centre and within 500 meters of the Mimico GO Station through a content analysis of City Planning Staff’s recommendations along with the property owner’s rationales. It was found that the five sites should be converted to better meet the Provincial and Municipal planning policy requirements that align with Smart Growth’s objectives. The five sites pose minimal land use compatibility conflicts, require increases in population and employment density, and are isolated from larger Employment Areas.

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

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

scholarly journals Implementing tax increment financing in Toronto learning from the Alberta experience

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoff Schwartz
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Positive Outcomes ◽  
Tax Increment Financing ◽  
Flexible Tool ◽  
Extensive Experience ◽  
Infrastructure Investments ◽  
The Government ◽  
The City

In Toronto, and cities across Canada, increasing population intensification in urban centres has put pressure on municipalities and created uneven patterns of growth. Tax increment financing (TIF) is a flexible tool that can direct and manage growth, fund infrastructure investments, and revitalize communities. In 2006, the Government of Ontario passed the Tax Increment Financing Act, yet no jurisdiction in the province has implemented the tool. This report identifies and analyzes how TIF can be implemented in Toronto to effectively achieve positive outcomes. To do this, a combination of literature, best practices and case studies were explored. As the municipality with the most extensive experience with TIF in Canada, Calgary’s case is a focus of the report. The findings of the research are presented in the form of recommendations guiding how the City of Toronto could most effectively implement a TIF scheme.

scholarly journals A renda da terra e suas cambalhotas: uma discussão sobre renda fundiária urbana, solo como mercadoria e a centralidade do Iguatemi

GeoTextos ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Margarete Rodrigues Neves Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Central Business District ◽  
Integrated System ◽  
Press Coverage ◽  
Municipal Planning ◽  
Business District ◽  
Analytical Tools ◽  
The City

Este artigo analisa o processo de produção do mais novo centro de negócios de Salvador - a centralidade da área do Iguatemi. Valendo-se de uma discussão teórica sobre a renda da terra, este trabalho utiliza categorias de análise que possibilitam desvendar o processo de valorização de trechos do solo urbano nessa cidade. Partindo da interpretação de dados oriundos de projetos de planejamento municipal, estatísticas, legislação de uso do solo, notícias da imprensa, este trabalho mostra que essa centralidade surgiu como resultado de um sistema integrado de ações de diferentes agentes governamentais e privados nos últimos 40 anos. O artigo revela que por trás de discursos oficiais de desenvolvimento urbano e de políticas governamentais de planejamento, desenvolveram-se agendas e práticas de um planejamento urbano invisível, que alocou recursos e materializou trabalho numa porção .solo virgem. da cidade do Salvador. Este processo resultou na elevação do valor da renda fundiária dessa área, o que atendeu a interesses privados. Este estudo configura-se num esforço de tornar o invisível visível e fornece algumas bases para o uso de novos e alternativos modelos de interpretação da produção do espaço urbano. Abstract This article analyzes the process of production of the Salvador¥s newest central business district - the Iguatemi Area. Using the Land Income Theory, this paper applies its analytical tools to reveal the process of increasing of land income on this part of the city. Based on the data from municipal planning projects, statistics, land use legislation and press coverage, the paper show s that this new center is a result of an integrated system of different governmental and private agencies actions in the last 40 years. The article reveals that behind urban development official discusses and governmental planning policies, one agenda and practices of invisible urban planning were developed, seeking to allocate resources and work in ìa virgin landî of the city of Salvador. This process resulted in the increasing of the land price, what fulfill real states¥ interests. This study is an effort of turning the invisible visible and an attempt to present new and alternative models to analyses the production of the urban space.

scholarly journals Implementing tax increment financing in Toronto learning from the Alberta experience

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoff Schwartz
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Positive Outcomes ◽  
Tax Increment Financing ◽  
Flexible Tool ◽  
Extensive Experience ◽  
Infrastructure Investments ◽  
The Government ◽  
The City

In Toronto, and cities across Canada, increasing population intensification in urban centres has put pressure on municipalities and created uneven patterns of growth. Tax increment financing (TIF) is a flexible tool that can direct and manage growth, fund infrastructure investments, and revitalize communities. In 2006, the Government of Ontario passed the Tax Increment Financing Act, yet no jurisdiction in the province has implemented the tool. This report identifies and analyzes how TIF can be implemented in Toronto to effectively achieve positive outcomes. To do this, a combination of literature, best practices and case studies were explored. As the municipality with the most extensive experience with TIF in Canada, Calgary’s case is a focus of the report. The findings of the research are presented in the form of recommendations guiding how the City of Toronto could most effectively implement a TIF scheme.

Optimal Land Use Analysis Using Lindenmayer Grammars

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-175
Author(s):  
Urszula Żukowska ◽  
Grażyna Kalewska
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Computer Program ◽  
L System ◽  
L Systems ◽  
The City

In today's world, when it is so important to use every piece of land for a particular purpose, both economically and ecologically, identifying optimal land use is a key issue. For this reason, an analysis of the optimal land use in a section of the city of Olsztyn, using the L-system Urban Development computer program, was chosen as the aim of this paper. The program uses the theories of L-systems and the cartographic method to obtain results in the form of sequences of productions or maps. For this reason, the first chapters outline both theories, i.e. the cartographic method to identify optimal land use and Lindenmayer grammars (called L-systems). An analysis based on a fragment of the map of Olsztyn was then carried out. Two functions were selected for the analysis: agricultural and forest-industrial. The results are presented as maps and sequences in individual steps.

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