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Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
1 day ago

Pickering council approves controversial outline to develop rural lands in city's northeast end | CBC News

Pickering council approved a secondary plan for northeast rural land development, enabling environmental and fiscal studies before any construction for 72,000 residents.
fromHigh Country News
1 week ago

Wildlife need up to a mile or more of space between rural houses to migrate - High Country News

Houses, even in the countryside, can be as harmful to migrating wildlife as energy development, highway crossings and fences, according to conservationists and researchers. But while highway dangers can be mitigated with over- and underpasses and fences can be retrofitted to be more wildlife-friendly, researchers didn't know how much space big game animals require when weaving through rural housing.
Environment
Silicon Valley real estate
fromThesanjoseblog
3 weeks ago

Affordable Housing Will Rise from a Downtown San Jose Parking Lot to Strengthen the Urban Core

A 173-unit affordable housing project will replace a surface parking lot in downtown San Jose, with 171 units reserved for low-income households and two for on-site managers.
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

England should give over 7% of land to nature and renewables to meet environmental targets, data shows

England must allocate 7% of its land to nature, forests, and renewable energy to meet environmental targets while maintaining food production and housing capacity.
California
fromSFGATE
2 months ago

California city approved housing near the airport. Then it got noisy.

A 21-unit housing development near Watsonville Municipal Airport was defeated in court due to inadequate noise impact analysis and the city's failure to follow state aviation safety requirements for land use planning.
fromwww.cbc.ca
6 months ago

How Bill 60 gives Ontario's housing minister more power over cities' planning | CBC News

But when it comes to the planning act, the omnibus bill would make it so the minister's planning decisions no longer have to conform to the provincial land-use planning statement.
Canada news
Public health
fromFast Company
8 months ago

Our built environment doesn't have to be so depressing

Dispersed, zoned land use and the modern built environment harm mental health, but planning and policy changes can repair these damages over time.
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