University of Calgary PRISM: University of Calgary's Digital Repository School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Research & Publications 2009 Planning sustainable communities: diversities of approaches and implementation challenges University of Calgary, Faculty of Environmental Design Tsenkova, S. (2009) (ed) Planning Sustainable Communities: Diversity of Approaches and Implementation Challenges. Calgary: Faculty of Environmental Design, University of Calgary, Cities, Policy & Planning Research Series. http://hdl.handle.net/1880/48825 report Downloaded from PRISM: https://prism.ucalgary.ca PLANNING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES Cities, Policy & Planning research series PLANNING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES DIVERSITY OF APPROACHES AND IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGES EDITED BY Sasha Tsenkova Cities, Policy & Planning research series Sasha Tsenkova is Professor of International Development and Planning at the University of Calgary. She has PhD in Architecture (Prague) and PhD in Planning (Toronto). Dr Tsenkova brings interdisciplinary and multicultural perspectives to her research on cities and sustainable planning and has published extensively on these issues. http://www.ucalgary.ca/~tsenkova © Sasha Tsenkova 2009 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a re- trieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher. Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Planning sustainable communities: diversities of approaches and implementation challenges / edited by Sasha Tsenkova. (Cities, policy & planning research series) Includes bibliographical references. Published by: University of Calgary Faculty of Environmental Design 2500 University Drive NW Calgary, T2N 1N4 Canada http://www.ucalgary.ca/cities Design and layout: Travis Pawlyk Cover design: CityInvest Inc. 267 pages, 77 figures, 37 tables, bibliographic references ISBN 978-0-88953-339-4 ISBN 0-88953-339-3 1. Sustainable urban development. I. Tsenkova, Sasha, 1956- II. University of Calgary. Faculty of Environmental Design. III. Series: Cities, policy & planning research series HT241.P58 2009 307.1'16 C2009-901841-1 Contents Preface vii Contributors ix Acknowledgements xiii 1. Planning Sustainable Communities: Implementing the Vision 1 Sasha Tsenkova with Bela Seal 2. Future Cities: Experiments in Sustainable Urbanism 15 Thomas Schroepfer and Limin Hee 3. In the Quest of Sustainable Communities: A Theoretical Framework to Assess the Impact of Urban Regeneration 37 Catalina Turcu 4. Sustainable Urban Decentralization Through Climate Integrated Design 67 Arjan van Timmeren, Dick Sidler and Marleen Kaptein 5. Spatial and Market Ambiguities of Densification in Activity Centres: Case Study South East Queensland 85 Mike Gillen 6. Evaluating Transit-Oriented Development Using a Sustainability Frame- work: Lessons from Perth’s Network City 115 John L. Renne 7. Social, Economic and Environmental Impacts of Second Homes in Ireland 149 Michelle Norris and Nessa Winston 8. Sustainable Transformation of Toronto’s Waterfront 169 Lisa A. Prime and Anna Palamarchuk vi 9. Tools for a Sustainable Built Environment: Guidelines for Subtropical Design 179 Rosemary Kennedy and Rachel Katoshevski-Cavari 10. Sustainable Community Planning and Evaluation in Calgary 197 Sasha Tsenkova and Rose-Mary Damiani 11. The Edge at Davy Lands 225 Taryn Hayes, Marlis McCargar, Leita Martin, Shana Roberts, Peter Schryvers vii Preface Sustainable community development is essential to the long term health of cities today. Our resources are finite. At Hopewell we are committed to cre- ating communities that meet the needs of today’s homeowners, while re- specting the history of the land and the environment. We also recognize the importance of creating communities that are sustainable and that respect the greater good of the city where we are building. Community creation is a complicated business requiring knowledge in the areas of community planning, engineering, environmental science, so- cial science, human behavior, architectural design, construction, safety and sustainability. The business requires passion, intensity, commitment and an ability to balance the needs of many including homeowners, administrators, politicians, countless approving authorities and a myriad of other stake- holders. The risk/reward equation is heavily weighted on both sides. The chapters in this book speak to the importance of the community planning process and its need to focus on sustainability, the challenges that can exist with implementing community plans and need for evaluating built communities. This dialogue is important to ensure that community sustain- ability is achieved and the intended outcomes are realized. Healthy debate and understanding can come from exploring communities that are success- ful and those that are not and why. There is great value to those creating communities in this type of research. Creating communities is an awesome responsibility that we do not take lightly at Hopewell. Any way we can learn more about how to better de- velop communities and to challenge the status quo we are prepared to do so. We see ourselves as a community advocate; helping to design and build the dreams of each homeowner by establishing a powerful community DNA. The Hopewell difference is the community spirit and social code repre- sented by its learned and creative design; its respect, nurturing and incorpo- ration of the natural environment and the resultant anthropology , charac- terized by the community’s diversity, ease of lifestyle, social connectivity and humanity. Hopewell communities are living legacies, which provide viii residents with the best potential for community vibrancy, enduring value and sustainability. We, once again, were delighted to work with Professor Tsenkova to cre- ate a learning opportunity for students. The project, as discussed in chapter eleven, created a framework for experimental learning and discourse on a wide range of strategies to pursue sustainability in the planning of suburban communities. The resultant conceptual land use plans were insightfully done and will be a tremendous resource for Hopewell as we plan for the de- velopment of these lands in the future. Congratulations to the students on their commitment to planning innovation and to all who have authored chapters in this book. Lesley Conway President, Hopewell Residential Communities Inc. ix Contributors Rose-Mary Damiani is a professional planner with a Masters Degree in Environmental Design (planning) from the University of Calgary. She is a community planner with Brown and Associates in Calgary working on a range of community planning projects. Mike Gillen , PhD is associate director - urban development with Maun- sell/Aecom in Brisbane, Australia. He has worked and published in the fields of sustainable urban development, urban resilience, housing capacity and transit precincts, in both academia and industry. Limin Hee , PhD is an assistant professor of architecture at the National University of Singapore. Her research is in urban studies, public space, and sustainability. Her work has been published widely in international journals and books. Hee is a collaborator of TransUrban, an interdisciplinary re- search funded by Harvard University. Marleen Kaptein is initiator of the Lanxmeer project and president of the Education, Information & Advice Foundation in the Netherlands. Rachel Katoshevski-Cavari , PhD is an urban planner in the Israeli Minis- try of Interior. She has worked as a post-doctoral fellow at the Centre for Subtropical Design at Queensland University of Technology, Brisban. Her research and publications include modeling of town planning and evolution of cities. Rosemary Kennedy , PhD is director of the Centre for Subtropical Design and senior lecturer in architecture in the School of Design at the Queensland University of Technology. Her major research interests focus on identity and place, and the intersection between planning and design, to achieve sus- tainable urbanism in warm climates. Michelle Norris , PhD lectures at the School of Applied Social Science University College Dublin. Her research interests centre on housing and neighbourhood regeneration, particularly on the issues of: social housing x management and estate regeneration, housing finance and solutions to so- cio-spatial segregation. Anna Palamarchuk is a professional planner with a Masters Degree in En- vironmental Studies from York University. Anna is a sustainability research analyst for Waterfront Toronto, providing research, planning and project support for sustainability initiatives. Lisa Prime is a professional planner with a Masters of Environmental Stud- ies from York University and a LEED certified professional. Lisa is direc- tor of sustainability for Waterfront Toronto. Her past experience includes landfill environmental assessments, international strategic policy develop- ment, and tactical roles with the province and federal government in areas of sustainability. John L. Renne , PhD, AICP is an assistant professor of urban planning and transportation studies at the University of New Orleans. He is also an asso- ciate director of the university’s Transportation Center the managing direc- tor of The TOD Group (www.theTODgroup.com). His research focuses on land-use and transportation planning in the United States and Australia as well