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• Sustainable Communities - Case Examples

Bell, David, and Grinstein, Michelle. November 2001. "Sustainable Urban Communities in Canada: From Rio to Johannesburg." York Centre for Applied Sustainability, York University
http://www.sustainabletoronto.ca/resources/StratosFinalNovember24corrected.doc

Bowers, C.A. May 2001. Challenges in Educating for Ecologically Sustainable Communities. Educational Philosophy and Theory (Oxfordshire). Vol 33., Issue 2. EBSCOHOST*

Canadian Energy Efficiency Alliance. Nov. 2002.The Benefits of Energy Efficiency Investement: Creating Jobs and Supporting the Economy While Addressing Climate Change.
http://www.energyefficiency.org/eecentre/eecentre.nsf/

Dale, A, and H. Regier. 1999. Ecological Integrity and Biodiversity in Protected Areas: The Politics of Separation (PDF doc)

Dale, A. 2002. Learned Society Conference. Quebec City (Power Point Presentation)

Humber, William. 2003. Renewable Energy and Urban Sustainability.Centre for the Built Environment, Seneca College. Conference Presentation. (PDF doc)

King, L., and Hood, V. March 1999. Ecosystem Health and Sustainable Communities: North and South. Ecosystem Health (Oxford). Vol 5 Issue 1. EBSCOHOST*

Luka, N. and N.M. Lister. Summer 2000. Our Place. Community ecodesign for the Great White North means re-integrating local culture and nature. Alternatives. University of Waterloo. Toronto.
http://www.fes.uwaterloo.ca/alternatives/263/absluka.htm (abstract only)

Michael, Alun. 2002. National Park Authorities Conference in Hexham. National Parks at the Heart of Sustainable Development. http://www.defra.gov.uk/news/2002/020918a.htm

Nozick, Marcia. June 1998. Healthy Cities, Healthy Communities. Canadian Dimension (Winnipeg). Vol 32 Issue 3. EBSCOHOST*

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Alliance for Community Education. 2002. This Place called Home: Tools for Sustainable Communities. New Society Publishers, Gabriola Island, BC.

Aronson, Lesley. 1993. University of British Columbia Task Force on Planning Healthy and Sustainable Communities. Working papers for the UBC Task Force on Planning Healthy and Sustainable Communities. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.

Barton, Hugh, ed. 1998. Sustainable Communities. The Potential for Eco-neighborhoods. Earthscan Publications. London.

British Columbia Round Table on the Environment and Economy. 1991. Sustainable Communities. British Columbia Round Table on the Environment and Economy, Victoria, BC.

Bunting, Trudi and Filion, Pierre. 2000. Canadian Cities in Transition: The Twenty-First Century (2nd Edition). Oxford University Press.

Jacobs, Jane. 1984. Cities and the Wealth of Nations. Random House. New York.

Maser, Chris. 1996. Resolving Environmental Conflict towards Sustainable Community Development. St. Lucie Press, Delray, Florida.

Mazmanian, Daniel A., Kraft, Michael., editors. 1999. Sustainable Communities: Transition and Transformations in Environmental Policy. MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.

Nozick, Maria. 1992. No Place Like Home. Building Sustainable Communities. Canadian Council on Social Development. Ottawa,Ont.

Pierce, J. and A. Dale (eds.). 1999. Communities, Sustainability and Development across Canada, UBC Press, Vancouver, BC.

Pugh, Cedric, editor. 2000. Sustainable Cities in Developing Countries: Theory and Practice at the Millennium. Earthscan, London.

Roseland, Mark. 1998. Towards Sustainable Communities: Resources for Citizens and their Governments. New Society Publishers, Gabriola Island, BC.

Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC):
Healthy Housing and Sustainable Communities
http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/Library/liotsi/liotsi_003.cfm
Quiz to evaluate sustainable features of a community
http://www.cmhc.ca/en/imquaf/hehosu/sucopl/wykoiyso/index.cfm
Choosing a neighborhood with sustainable features
http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/bureho/buho/buho_003.cfm
Sustainable community planning
http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/imquaf/hehosu/sucopl/index.cfm

Environment Canada:
Community Animation Program- Prairie and Northern Region
http://www.mb.ec.gc.ca/community/ecoaction/cap/ba02s00.en.html
Georgia Basin Ecosystem Initiative
http://www.pyr.ec.gc.ca/georgiabasin/gbeiIndex_e.htm

Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM): Sustainable Communities Knowledge Network
http://kn.fcm.ca/ev.php

Government of Canada Sustainability:
http://www.environmentandresources.ca/default.asp?lang=En&nav=B3BE4E55-00

Health Canada: Healthy Communities Division
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/pphb-dgspsp/chhd-sdsh/#hcd

Indian and Northern Affairs Canada: Partnership Building for Sustainable Development in the Canadian Arctic
http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/pr/pub/indigen/partn_e.html

International Development Research Centre (IDRC): Cross cutting Issues: Gender, Policy and Indigenous Knowledge
http://www.idrc.ca/biodiversity/projects/proj_focus_e.cfm?Focus=cross

National Round Table on Environment and Economy (NRTEE)
http://www.nrtee-trnee.ca/eng/search/Links_e.htm

Natural Resources Canada (NRCan): Sustainable Communities
http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/sd-dd/sc-cd/sc-cd_e.html

Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition
http://www.opc.on.ca/ohcc/ohcc.htm

Sustainable Communities Initiative (SCI)
http://www.sci.gc.ca/

Tools for Building Sustainable Communities
http://www.ns.ec.gc.ca/community/resources.html#Tools

Transport Canada:
Moving on Sustainable Transportation program (MOST)
http://www.tc.gc.ca/programs/environment/most/menu.htm
Freight Sustainability Demonstration Program http://www.tc.gc.ca/programs/Environment/FreightTransportation/fsdp/demo/overview.htm

Eco Gateway Anthologies - Sustainable Communities
http://www.ecoiq.com/onlineresources/anthologies/sustainable/
http://www.ecoiq.com/onlineresources/anthologies/sustainable/communities/index.html

Federation of Canadian Municipalities, Sustainable Communities Knowledge Network
http://kn.fcm.ca/ev.php

Institute for Sustainable Communities (ISC)
http://www.iscvt.org

International Centre for Sustainable Cities (ICSC)
http://www.icsc.ca/

International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI): Sustainable Communities projects and Campaigns
http://www.iclei.org/projserv.htm

International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD):
Communities and Livelihoods
http://www.iisd.org/communities.htm
We the Peoples: 50 Communities
http://iisd1.iisd.ca/50comm/default.htm

McMaster University: Sustainable Community Design
http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/civil/sustain/design.html

National Council for Science and the Environment: Recommendations for Achieving Sustainable Communities
http://www.cnie.org/ncseconference/2001conference/report/page.cfm?FID=1920

National Parks at the Heart of Sustainable Development
http://www.defra.gov.uk/news/2002/020918a.htm

Pembina Institute
http://www.pembina.org/

Clean Air Renewable Energy Coalition Vision for Low-Impact Renewable Energy Policy:
http://www.cleanairrenewableenergycoalition.com

Royal Roads University:
Social Capital and Sustainable Development
http://www.royalroads.net/socap/index.htm
e-Dialogues - Building Capital: The Social Dimension of Sustainable Development
http://e-dialogues.royalroads.ca/scdialogue/scdialogue.htm

Sustainable Communities Network (SCN)
http://www.sustainable.org
http://www.sustainable.org/creating/civic.html

Sustainable Development Research Institute (SDRI), University of British Columbia: Georgia Basin Futures Project
http://www.basinfutures.net/

Sustainable Toronto
http://www.sustainabletoronto.ca/

United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO):
Interdisciplinary Curriculum Themes
http://www.unesco.org/education/tlsf/theme_c/uncotheme03bod.htm
Sustainable Communities module
http://www.unesco.org/education/tlsf/theme_c/mod17/uncom17.htm

University of Calgary, Faculty of Environmental Design: Calgary Sustainable Suburbs Study
http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/faculties/EV/designresearch/projects/CEDRO/cedro/cip_acupp_css/calgary.html

University of Prince Edward Island: Smart Communities
http://www.upei.ca/smartcom/

University of Victoria: Sustainable Communities Initiative
http://web.uvic.ca/sci/

Walkable Communities Inc.
http://www.walkable.org/

Canada Career Consortium:
Kingfisher Lake, northern Ontario (Small town becoming thriving)
http://www.careerccc.org/products/cp_94/transit/reliant.html

Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) Sustainable Communities Awards (Innovations):
http://kn.fcm.ca/ev.php?

Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD)

GVRD Sustainable Region Initiative
http://www.gvrd.bc.ca/sustainability/

Industry Canada:

Moose Deer Point First Nation Sustainable Community
http://www.ic.gc.ca/cmb/welcomeic.nsf/

Kugluktuk, Nunavut Community Connections
http://cap.ic.gc.ca/english/4000newnusukugluktuke.asp

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