PLAN103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Golden Horseshoe, Regional Planning, Tim Hortons
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Integrated planning and policy: mediated planning and policy (ontario, first two more rigid, and more government involvement, delegated plan preparation and review structure, supplemental planning structure (new brunswick, minimum planning structure (saskatchewan) Integrated vs. mediated planning and policy: similarities: municipal-like unit of government, elected council, operating departments, access to resources for implementing planning proposals. Integrated vs. mediated planning and policy: differences: under mediating planning and policy, planning must also conform to plans for larger region, example: single-tier and two-tier municipalities under the growth plan for the greater golden. Horseshoe: an example of metropolitan regional planning under a minimal planning structure (no provincial involvement), metropolitan planning still takes place in the absence of major formal structures, regional planning is one way to attempt to resolve these tensions. The case study also illustrates several tensions of sustainable development we talked about earlier in the lesson.