Land-Use Planning Resources

• Author: Howard Epstein
• Pages: 559-560

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APPENDIX C

LAND-USE PLANNING

RESOURCES

1) Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP), online: www.cip-icu.ca

The CIP publishes Plan Canada, a journal focused on Canadian plan-

ning is sues.

2) American Planning Association (APA), online: www.planning.org

The APA publishes Planning and the Journal of the APA, both import-

ant planning serials. It also publishes books through the Planners

Press and its Planning Advisory Service (PAS) Reports.

3) Provincial government departments

Provincial government departments concerned with municipal af-

fairs such as Ontario’s Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing

offer a range of information about the land-use planning and regu-

latory system. So, too, do departments or spec ial authorities that

have responsibility for natur al resource matters and environmental

regulation.

4) Municipal governments

Municipal governments usually publish their off‌icial plans and land-

use by-laws as well as some information about land-use planning

initiatives underway and projects under consideration.

5) Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), online: www.fcm.ca

The FCM offers the political perspective of Canadian municipalities

as a collective. There are publications on planning topics.