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Canada's coolest cities mitigating climate change through urban form and transportation planning in Canada's largest urban areas : technical report
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1 electronic text (vi, 49 p.) : ill., digital file. - Publisher: Drayton Valley, Alta. : Pembina Institute, 2010
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| General Note: | Cover title. "May 2010." Issued as part of the desLibris documents collection. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 41-43). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Canada's coolest cities. 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Objectives -- 1.2. Climate change science -- 1.2.1. Science-based reduction targets -- 1.2.2. Potential impacts in Canada -- 1.3. Structure of report -- 2. Which cities? How to measure cool? 2.1. Choosing urban areas -- 2.1.1. Census metropolitan areas (CMAS) -- 2.1.2. Core city -- 2.1.3. Population of census metropolitan areas compared with core cities -- 2.2. Indicators of cool -- 2.2.1. Indicators at the core city scope -- 2.2.2. Indicators at the census metropolitan area scope -- 2.2.3. Indicators that were not included -- 3. Overview and findings from cities. 3.1. Findings from interviews -- 3.1.1. Common goals and approaches -- 3.1.2. Common concerns -- 3.1.3. Responses to interview questions -- 3.2. Cool factors -- 3.3. Quantitative findings -- 3.3.1. Travel choice by commuters -- 3.3.2. Bicycle facilities -- 3.3.3. Public transit service -- 3.3.4. Conclusions for cities -- 4. How cool are the metropolitan areas? 4.1. Overall findings -- 4.2. CMA comparisons -- 4.2.1. Fraction of population living in neighbourhoods with medium and high residential density -- 4.2.2. Average distance travelled by commuters -- 4.2.3. Commuters using transit, biking or walking -- 5. Getting even cooler -- References -- |
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