Smart Growth in Canada’s Provincial North

Mark Groulx, Kristen Kieta, Matthew Rempel, Darwin Horning and Kyrke Gaudreau

Planning Practice & Research, 2022, vol. 37, issue 2, 231-247

Abstract: Smart growth promotes urban sustainability by encouraging increased densities, mixed use, walkable design, and access to diverse transportation and housing options. This study applies literature-derived indicators to examine urban change in the city of Prince George; British Columbia’s northern capital. Findings illustrate that key growth nodes have largely performed (e.g., densified) at or below the level of their surrounding neighbourhood over time despite a robust set of policy tools associated with smart growth. This research is one of few to examine smart growth in a northern urban context, and situates the concept within the slow growth/no growth realities of many rural and remote regions.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1080/02697459.2021.1979786

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