Land-Use References
Year | Title (Author, Description) | File Download |
2003 |
Land Advocate: News for Canadians living with oil and gas productionAndrew NikiforukA democratic voice for landowners and the land. An advocate for more 100,000 farmers, ranchers and landowners in Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia. We'll separate the oil from the gas to give you the best and most informed perspective on what's right and what's wrong in the oil patch. |
Contact ALCES for Andrew Nikiforuk, 2003 |
2003 |
Spatial Analysis of Rural Residential Expansion in South-Western AlbertaMiistakis Institute for the Rockies |
Contact ALCES for Miistakis Institute for the Rockies, 2003 |
2007 |
Scenario analysis in environmental impact assessment: Improving explorations of the futurePeter Duinker and Lorne GreigScenarios and scenario analysis have become popular approaches in organizational planning and participatory exercises in pursuit of sustainable development. However, they are little used, at least in any formal way, in environmental impact assessment (EIA). This is puzzling because EIA is a process specifically dedicated to exploring options for more-sustainable (i.e., less environmentally damaging) futures. In this paper, we review the state of the art associated with scenarios and scenario analysis, and describe two areas where scenario analysis could be particularly helpful in EIA: (a) in defining future developments for cumulative effects assessment; and (b) in considering the influence of contextual change, e.g. climate change, on impact forecasts for specific projects. We conclude by encouraging EIA practitioners to learn about the promise of scenario-based analysis and implement scenario-based methods so that EIA can become more effective in fostering sustainable development. Environmental Impact Assessment Review 27 (2007) |
Contact ALCES for Peter Duinker and Lorne Greig, 2007 |
2012 |
Implications of changing environmetnal requiresments on oil sands royaltiesE Valera and C.B. PowterExamines relationships between elevating environmental costs of oilsands and government royalties |
Contact ALCES for E Valera and C.B. Powter, 2012 |
2008 |
Curing Environmental Dis-Integration: A Prescription for Integrating the Government of Alberta's Strategic InitiativesDanielle Droitsch, Steven A. Kennett, and Dan WoynillowiczThe Government of Alberta lacks the regulatory ability to manage the cumulative environmental impacts of the industrial development and other human activities now occurring across Alberta's landscapes. A new approach to environmental decision-making is needed to avoid continued decline in key indicators of environmental quality and depletion of Alberta's natural capital. |
Contact ALCES for Danielle Droitsch, Steven A. Kennett, and Dan Woynillowicz, 2008 |
2008 |
Alberta By Design: A Blueprint for an Effective Land-Use FrameworkSteve Kennett and Rick SchneiderAlberta is at a turning point with respect to land and resource management. There is a broad consensus among Albertans familiar with land-use issues in the province that the current system of planning and decision-making urgently needs an overhaul. This report, by the Pembina Institute and the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, presents a practical and solutions- oriented blueprint for a new Land-Use Framework. |
Contact ALCES for Steve Kennett and Rick Schneider, 2008 |
2007 |
An Examination Of The Effects Of Economic Growth On Landscape Features And Processes In Southern Alberta Using ALCESTerry Antoniuk, Brad Stelfox, and Mark AnielskiRegional-scale modelling examined the long-term cumulative effects of land-use, resource demands, and population increases on the landscape of southern Alberta. The results will help inform the project, Southern Alberta Landscapes: Meeting the Challenges Ahead (SAL), in addressing the increased use of our environment into the future. SAL was launched in 2002 as a cross-Ministry, inter-governmental, strategic planning initiative to examine sustainable development issues in southern Alberta. A Base Case Scenario, which assumed a continuation of current land use practices and business plans, was developed first as a Baseline for comparison with other scenarios. An alternate scenario was then run to test various "What-if" questions. Both scenarios used 2000 for year zero because this was the most recent year for which most data were available for the region. |
Contact ALCES for Terry Antoniuk, Brad Stelfox, and Mark Anielski, 2007 |
2006 |
From Science-Based Thresholds to Regulatory Limits: Implementation Issues for Cumulative Effects ManagementSteve Kennett, Canadian Institute of Resources Law |
Contact ALCES for Steve Kennett, Canadian Institute of Resources Law , 2006 |
2010 |
Integrated Place-Based Approaches for Sustainable DevelopmentThe Policy Research InstitutePlace-based approaches address social, environmental or economic issues and thus offer the promise of operationalizing Sustainable Development (SD) principles. By focusing attention on policy issues as they play out in concrete geographic and community settings, place-based approaches provide a means to grasp complex and sometimes unexpected connections. This issue of Horizons provides a sense of the diversity of place-based approaches as they are applied in different policy areas, and identifies some of the lessons learned from an SD perspective. |
Contact ALCES for The Policy Research Institute, 2010 |
2005 |
Integrated Landscape Management Modelling WorkshopPolicy Research InstituteSound land-use decision-making requires that social, economic, and environmental values be balanced, and that any repercussions within these three areas due to a decision taken in another be identified and taken into account. Land-use planning and environmental impact assessments (both aspects of integrated landscape management) could be improved, and the decision-making process better informed, through the use of integrated landscape management models (ILMM). |
Contact ALCES for Policy Research Institute, 2005 |