Canada has faced a problem of sprawling metropolitan growth and associated losses of farmland and natural habitat for decades. British Columbia recognized this predicament in the 1970s and es blished the Agricultural Land Reserve. While established to preserve agricultural land, the Reserve has acted as a de fa o urban growth boundary. It has become the cornerstone of a comprehensive planning approach as embodied in the Livabl Region Strategic Plan of the Greater Vancouver Regional District. The Plan has helped guide the accommodation of an additio years while maintaining productive farmland, important green space and habit Regional District realized a $400 million increase in its total gross farm receipts constant. This approach offers a m...
The growth of urban population and the spatial extension of cities change the characteristics of agr...
Farmland conservation policies typically use zoning and differentiated taxes to prevent urban develo...
In this study, I investigate methods of strengthening British Columbia’s Agricultural Land Reserve, ...
With a limited land base of only 5% of the province, agriculture is viewed as a critical resource f...
As a metropolitan area expands, fringe areas are influenced by the growing number of people and urb...
Surrey, British Columbia, is Canada's twelfth largest and fastest-growing city. Within its boundary,...
In North America, farmland is commonly targeted as the site of urbanization, because it is often the...
As urbanization rates around the world continue to climb, especially in developing nations, the agr...
In 1973, the Province of British Columbia enacted the Agricultural Land Commission Act (ALC) impleme...
Post World War II suburban growth in Canada and the US has created concern over the long-term availa...
Urbanization is eating our foodshed. While policy-level attempts to address agricultural land conver...
Farmland conservation policies typically use zoning and differentiated taxes to prevent urban develo...
Land use conflict in the rural urban fringe is a problem for Canadian agriculture, as well as for lo...
This design thesis explores the relationship between agricultural lands and urban areas in close pr...
Loss of farmland to urban sprawl presents challenges to achieving sustainable development in Metro V...
The growth of urban population and the spatial extension of cities change the characteristics of agr...
Farmland conservation policies typically use zoning and differentiated taxes to prevent urban develo...
In this study, I investigate methods of strengthening British Columbia’s Agricultural Land Reserve, ...
With a limited land base of only 5% of the province, agriculture is viewed as a critical resource f...
As a metropolitan area expands, fringe areas are influenced by the growing number of people and urb...
Surrey, British Columbia, is Canada's twelfth largest and fastest-growing city. Within its boundary,...
In North America, farmland is commonly targeted as the site of urbanization, because it is often the...
As urbanization rates around the world continue to climb, especially in developing nations, the agr...
In 1973, the Province of British Columbia enacted the Agricultural Land Commission Act (ALC) impleme...
Post World War II suburban growth in Canada and the US has created concern over the long-term availa...
Urbanization is eating our foodshed. While policy-level attempts to address agricultural land conver...
Farmland conservation policies typically use zoning and differentiated taxes to prevent urban develo...
Land use conflict in the rural urban fringe is a problem for Canadian agriculture, as well as for lo...
This design thesis explores the relationship between agricultural lands and urban areas in close pr...
Loss of farmland to urban sprawl presents challenges to achieving sustainable development in Metro V...
The growth of urban population and the spatial extension of cities change the characteristics of agr...
Farmland conservation policies typically use zoning and differentiated taxes to prevent urban develo...
In this study, I investigate methods of strengthening British Columbia’s Agricultural Land Reserve, ...