One by one, downtowns have come back to life from the dark days of the pandemic’s onset. But Canadian downtowns? Not so much. Looking at cell phone activity at points of interest (POI) in the downtowns of the top 62 cities in North America, the median downtown has seen about 56% of its activity come back (Figure 1) (comparing Spring…
Year: 2022
Greenfield development does not equal sprawl. So what? We can do better.
In a recent blog, TMU researchers Frank Clayton and David Amborski argue for “orderly and comprehensively planned low-density development,” based on the contention that not all greenfield development is sprawl. But sprawl is only the development we don’t want. What about the development we do want? The places we want now What are Ontarians trying to accomplish–rather than just avoid–when we…
Revealing the Invisible: Countering Land Theft to Create Inclusive Cities
The following is the text of a talk given by Karen Chapple at the 3rd Urban Economy Forum, October 4, 2021 I sit here on land stolen from the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit, and there’s a good chance that most or even all of you are right now also on land that was stolen in some form.…