While climate change action plans are becoming more common, it is still unclear whether
communities have the capacity, tools, and targets in place to trigger the transformative levels …

This is an important book and it arrives at an important time. The authors have done both
students and practitioners of regional economic development a great service by providing …

The Canadian infrastructure deficit presents challenges and opportunities, but also raises
questions. Perhaps the most salient of these questions is not only how can we address …

This chapter seeks to answer the question: what is new regionalism? The empirical research
presented in this volume adopted new regionalism as a lens through which to explore recent …

Although new regionalism has often had an urban focus, a closer look makes clear that it is
the interdependence between urban and rural regions which provides a more accurate …

This dissertation investigates the socio-political dynamics of urban attempts to address
climate change in a systemic, rather than project-based or piecemeal, fashion. It focuses on …

This research addresses the need for processes at the local government level that can
effectively move communities towards taking meaningful action on climate change. It …

Water is recognized as a basic human right, a critical service, a fundamental for
sustainability, and a building block for resilience. In Canada, rural areas face unique …

This paper investigates the extent that new regionalism has been employed in the planning
of rural drinking water systems as a strategy to support rural regional resilience. Through a …

This dissertation has two primary research threads. The first is a case study analysis of three
community scale energy planning engagement processes in British Columbia, including …