New Urban Agenda

Highlighting progress and opportunity on the path toward urban sustainability.

Last Updated:
August 8th, 2002

Editorial Board Members

Anna Hercz, City of Ottawa
Brock Carlton, Federation of Canadian Municipalities, International Office
Greg Allen, Allen Kani Associates
Don Alexander, Simon Fraser University
Barbara Martin, Martin & Associates
Peter Dunn, Region of Hamilton- Wentworth
David Stonehouse, Evergreen Foundation

Staff

Steven Peck & Ray Tomalty, Editors

What's New

Addressing Inadequate Planning

Residential Street Pattern Design for Healthy Liveable Communities
- by Fanis Grammenos and Julie Tasker-Brown

Addressing Inadequate Planning

12 Features of Sustainable Community Development: Social, Economic and Environmental Benefits and Two Case Studies - by Steven Peck and Guy Dauncey

Removing Inappropriate Economic Incentives

Subsidizing Commuters Instead of Cars - An Introduction to 'Cashing Out' - by Stephanie Tencer, Trevor Fleck & Joseph Dadson

Eco-Industrial Parks: An Industrial Development Strategy For the 21stCentury - by Steven Peck & Laura Ierfino

Changing Inappropriate Information Systems

Ecoindicators - by Stephanie Tencer and Steven Peck

Ecological Footprints, Climate Change and Sustainable Development in the Greater Toronto Area - by Eric Krause

Overcoming Antiquated Institutional Frameworks

Global Implementaton of Local Agenda 21 - by Mary Pattenden

A Model For Municipal Institutional Capacity Analysis - by Brock Carlton

Improving Insufficient Community Empowerment

Sustainable Transportation in Action: There's a New Kind of Bus Afoot - by Elise Houghton

Using Appropriate Technologies

Toronto's Healthy House: Off-The-Shelf Technologies Result In A First In Residential Redevelopment - by Steven Peck & Rolf Paloheimo

Removing Outdated
Policies

A Whole Systems Approach to Preserving and Enhancing the Urban Forest - by Oliver Kellhammer

The Cardinal Group's New Urban Agenda is a new electronic journal that provides analyses of urban problems and highlights success stories about innovative projects that help to implement the United Nation's Local Agenda 21, a blueprint for urban sustainable development. The Agenda provides readers with detailed accounts of practical progress being made by individuals and organizations working toward urban sustainability in both developing and developed countries. Case studies and analytical articles address progress in eight key areas needed to achieve urban sustainability:

Overcoming Antiquated Institutional Frameworks

Improving Insufficient Community Empowerment

Removing Inappropriate Economic Incentives

Changing Inappropriate Information Systems

Addressing Inadequate Planning

Using Appropriate Technology

Removing Outdated Policies

Changing Problematic Societal Values & Beliefs

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