Land-Use References
| Year | Title (Author, Description) | File Download |
| 2006 |
A Checklist for Evaluating Alberta's New Land-Use InitiativesSteve KennettPublic land management in Alberta is once again under scrutiny thanks to several policy initiatives and stakeholder consultations recently launched by the provincial government. Many stakeholder groups and individuals who pay attention to land-use issues must be wondering whether or not they should participate in this flurry of activity and how likely it is to achieve significant results. |
Contact ALCES for Steve Kennett, 2006 |
| 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 |
| 2010 |
Alberta Traffic Collision StatisticsAlberta Transportation Office of Traffic SafetyThe purpose of this report is to provide an overview of the “who”, “what”, “when”, “where”, “why”, and “how” of traffic collisions which occurred in Alberta during 2010. Although the report is general in nature, it pays particular attention to casualty collisions, that is, those collisions which result in death or injury. Legislation in Alberta requires that a traffic collision, which results in either death, injury or property damage to an apparent extent of $1000.00 or more, be reported immediately to an authorized peace officer. The officer completes a standardized collision report form which provides information on various aspects of the traffic collision. This report is based on the data collected from these report forms. |
Contact ALCES for Alberta Transportation Office of Traffic Safety, 2010 |
| 2010 |
Alberta Traffic Collision StatisticsAlberta Transportation Office of Traffic SafetyThe purpose of this report is to provide an overview of the “who”, “what”, “when”, “where”, “why”, and “how” of traffic collisions which occurred in Alberta during 2010. Although the report is general in nature, it pays particular attention to casualty collisions, that is, those collisions which result in death or injury. Legislation in Alberta requires that a traffic collision, which results in either death, injury or property damage to an apparent extent of $1000.00 or more, be reported immediately to an authorized peace officer. The officer completes a standardized collision report form which provides information on various aspects of the traffic collision. This report is based on the data collected from these report forms. The collision report form is issued with standard instructions to every police service within Alberta, to be completed by the officer attending the scene of a motor vehicle collision or at a police station. Police priorities at the scene of a collision are to care for the injured, protect the motoring public and clear the roadway. Completion of the collision report form is a secondary, but necessary task. After completion, the information on the collision report form is coded for input to computer files. The Alberta Collision Information System, which has been operational since 1978, undergoes several manual and computerized inspections each year in order to ensure maximum accuracy of the final data output. This collision information is used to make Alberta’s roads safer for all road users. Due to continuing police investigation, some numbers presented in this report may be subject to revision. It should also be noted that not all percentage columns will total 100 due to rounding error. This report was produced based on collisions reported to Alberta Transportation by police, at the time of printing. The numbers presented in this report will not be updated. However, the patterns and trends detailed in this report represent an accurate description of Alberta’s traffic collision picture. |
Contact ALCES for Alberta Transportation Office of Traffic Safety, 2010 |
| 2001 |
A Method for Measuring Sediment Production from Forest RoadsKeith KahklenPredicting sediment production from forest roads is necessary to determine their impact on watersheds and associated terrestrial and stream biota. A method is presented for measuring sediment originating from a road segment for individual storm events and quantifying the delivery to streams. Site selection criteria are listed to describe the characteristics for efficient data collection and analysis. The method describes equipment used to quantify sediment transport—data loggers, a rain gage, a traffic counter, Parshall flumes with stilling wells, hydrostatic pressure transducers, and water pumping samplers—as well as variables associated with sediment production—road surfacing material, traffic intensity, gradient, age, construction method, and precipitation. A sampling protocol that worked well for the forest roads in southeast Alaska and can be adapted for use in other regions also is described. Examples of data collection and analysis are explained both for sites near the road and downstream sites for sediment delivery quantification. This method can be used to determine the downstream transport of sediment originating from roads and developing regression models or validating existing sediment models. |
Contact ALCES for Keith Kahklen, 2001 |
| 2007 |
A new method to estimate species and biodiversity intactness using empirically derived reference conditionsS.E. Nielsen, E.M. Bayne, J. Schieck, J. Herbers, and S. BoutinCritical to the conservation of biodiversity is knowledge of status and trends of species. To that end, monitoring programmes have reported on the state of biodiversity using reference conditions as comparison. Little consensus exists on how reference conditions are defined and how such information is used to index intactness. Most use protected areas or an arbitrary year as reference. This is problematic since protected areas are often spatially biased, while arbitrarily defined reference years are often not sufficiently distant in time. Biological Conservation 137 (2007) |
Contact ALCES for S.E. Nielsen, E.M. Bayne, J. Schieck, J. Herbers, and S. Boutin, 2007 |
| 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 |
| 1984 |
A Policy for Resource Management of the Eastern SlopesAlberta Energy and Natural ResourcesManagement in the Eastern Slopes, past and present, and a framework of provincial natural resource goals. |
Contact ALCES for Alberta Energy and Natural Resources, 1984 |
| 1993 |
Application of a GIS for simulating hydrological responses in developing regionsStefan W. KienzlePresent capturing, processing and manipulation of spatial data and information as well as coupling processes between the ARC/INFO GIS and the ACRU HMS (Agricultural Catchment Research Unit) is demonstrated for the Mgeni basin in Natal, South Africa. |
Contact ALCES for Stefan W. Kienzle, 1993 |
| 2008 |
Better Farming; Better AirH.H. Janzen, R.L. Desjardins, P. Rochette, M. Boehm and D. WorthReview of agricultural practices and their contributions to GHG |
Contact ALCES for H.H. Janzen, R.L. Desjardins, P. Rochette, M. Boehm and D. Worth, 2008 |