THE RURBAN FRINGE

The Little House

The suburb has become the dominant form of urban growth around the world. 
Yet suburban development must also be sustainable; there’s no point in creating communities which will wither and die on the vine.
The challenge is not simply about managing population growth … but how the region provides quality jobs, develops the infrastructure to get these [...]

Density is a Four Letter Word

After spending time in New York this past week, I couldn’t get over the population density of the city … over 1.6 million people live within the 60 square kilometres of Manhattan Island alone; it is the densest population centre in the United States.
I’m sure many New Yorkers wouldn’t have it any other way … [...]

The Advantages of Affordable Rurban Housing

I had the pleasure of being in attendance at The Government of Alberta’s announcement made in Strathmore regarding the immediate development of 82 affordable housing units. 
Provincially, Strathmore has long been identified as a community “in need” of affordable housing development and so I found this welcome news, after contributing to a local Affordable Housing Task [...]

Highways and Byways

Within our region, there are a few communities experiencing the impacts of highway bypass development.
Yet in many urban fringe and rurban areas, highway construction activities are important to communities both because of the investment they represent and the changes they trigger.  And while such activities often relieve traffic congestion, shorten travel times, and provide new [...]

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