Chapter 12: Planning Infrastructure Systems to Connect Communities Flashcards
Green infrastructure:
Parks and open spaces: important since parks movement and are now planned for in subdivision
Blue infrastructure (elements):
- incorporating natural water features
- ensuring water quality
- planning for watersheds
Grey infrastructure (transportation and utility)
Transportation: Pedestrian planning, Cycling plans, Transit planning, Road planning
Utility: Potable water, Sanitary sewage, Stormwater planning, Energy Systems plans,
Strategies for improving mobility/transportation connections
1) improve transit info services (web-based)
2) encourage targeted transit
3) improve walkability
4) improve cyclability
5) market directly to consumers
6) abolish minimum parking requirements
7) impose congestion tolls
8) coordinate land-use and transportation planning
9) encourage flex-work
10) facilitate car-sharing
11) design complete streets
12) improve connectivity between modes
Social infrastructure:
school systems, recreation planning, healthcare planning
Goals of infrastructure planning:
1) benefit existing residents
2) limit/direct new development
3) attract development
Planning for different infrastructures must…
be linked to ensure infrastructure is in place to meet the needs of all stakeholders in a community and limit the disconnect between the citizens of a community and the community’s physical characteristics.
Also, to ensure the health of all infrastructure systems: e.g. green and blue must be planned together (Mont-Royal didn’t; they covered ponds and swamps and the mountain is now sick as a result)
Montreal Family Action Plan:
Axises:
1) Housing (e.g. affordability)
2) Security (e.g. safe access to parks)
3) Traffic and transportation (e.g. improve road signs)
4) The living environment (e.g. mixed-housing, cleanliness)
5) Sports, recreation and culture (e.g. libraries)
Strategies to attract/retain families:
- tax benefits for first time home owners
- free transit passes for children
Residential mobility increases with:
- lower rent controls/tenant protection
- greater access to credit
What are four major types of community infrastructure that require planning? Why is it important that their planning be linked? Implications if not?
Green, blue, grey and social infrastructure. Their planning must be linked to ensure both the health of all infrastructure systems as well as the met needs of all community stakeholders.
Implications if not: disconnect between community needs and urban form, sickness of green/blue infrastructure, insufficiency/inefficiency of utility systems, congested transportation networks, etc.
What are the main reasons for planning public infrastructure?
benefit existing residents, direct/limit development and attract development
Which types of infrastructure should be planned taking into account population
groups in the community?
All should. Green (parks and open space), blue (watersheds, river basins, lakes. etc.), grey (transit lines, roads, pedestrian planning, water sewage, energy systems, etc.) and social (schools, health centres, recreation) should all be planned for non-homogenous communities.
Planning should consider the changes occurring to interests, values and needs of ALL stakeholders, and more specifically all “stakeholder groups”
Calgary open space system:
Goal: development of healthy communities, a healthy environment and healthy lifestyles
Principle: provide open space for ALL Calgarians.
Policy example: inner-city communities should have less than 10% difference with other areas with regards to accessibility to park space within a 5-minute walk.
