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Landscape Connectivity
WildWays 3.0:
California Connectivity
WildWays 3.0: California Connectivity is a Studio Report from the Spring 2024 semester at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design based on the option studio of the same name taught by Chris... Read more
Landscape Connectivity
BEYOND SAFE PASSAGE:
Visualizing Connectivity - Building Bridges to Landscape Connectivity
Connectivity is a complex social and ecological challenge. We know that engaging new allies and audiences in reconnecting our landscapes for wildlife, people and ecosystems is essential to short-... Read more
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Bylaws for Biodiversity: Barriers and Opportunities for Naturalized Gardens on Private Property
A Review of Municipal Policies, Codes and Enforcement Practices in Canada
OUR BYLAWS FOR BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH HAS GONE NATIONAL!
The EDL Bylaws for Biodiversity research, which began in 2021, has gone national! EDL has partnered with the Canadian Society of Landscape... Read more
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BIRD-SAFE CITY:
Bird-Safe Design Guidelines for the Biophilic City
Many birds in North and South America are experiencing significant decline due to urbanization and climate change resulting in new ecological interactions, outpacing their ability to adapt (Whelan et... Read more
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BYLAWS FOR BIODIVERSITY:
To Protect and Promote Biodiversity across Public and Private Lands
Across Canada and globally, there is growing momentum to mitigate the impacts of climate change and habitat loss on biodiversity. Entangled with the challenges of climate change, global heating and... Read more
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WILDLIFE CROSSING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A GREEN RECOVERY:
EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES FOR INNOVATION IN POST- COVID-19 RECOVERY EFFORTS
While roads are an essential part of modern life, they fragment habitats and landscapes. The effectiveness of wildlife crossing infrastructure (WCI) in reducing wildlife-vehicle collisions and... Read more
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Communicating the Co-Benefits
A Toolkit for Wildlife Crossings
Stakeholder support for landscape connectivity requires that the issues, solutions, and benefits are made visible, and necessitates effective methods for communicating information and data. The... Read more
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Crossing Together
Towards Implementing Landscape Connectivity Best Practices Along the Meadoway
Alexander Furneaux is a graduate of the Master of Planning and Urban Development program at Ryerson University, and a former research assistant at the Ecological Design Lab. His major research... Read more
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Making Biophilic Connections:
Creating a Green Space Network in Toronto
Alyssa Cerbu is a graduate of the Master of Planning in Urban Development program at Ryerson University, and a former research assistant at the Ecological Design Lab.
The City of Toronto is facing... Read more
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Getting from Here to There:
Mainstreaming Wildlife Crossing Structures Through Transdisciplinary Design Approaches To Collaborative Planning
Arleigh Hack, a graduate of the the Master of Planning in Urban Development (2018) program at Ryerson University and a former research assistant at the Ecological Design Lab (EDL). Arleigh’s... Read more
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Designing the Emerald Crescent
for the Decoteau Area Structure Plan
The City of Edmonton engaged Ryerson University Master of Planning students to help imagine the development of a new community that builds around a parks and open space system. As the city continues... Read more
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SAFE PASSAGE:
Towards an Integrated Planning Approach to Landscape Connectivity
Enhancing landscape connectivity is an interdisciplinary socio-ecological challenge that is not in the mandate of any single agency. Although the infrastructural design solutions to reducing... Read more
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Ravine XING:
A Landscape Connectivity Plan for Toronto's Ravine System
Coinciding with the release of the Ravine Strategy from the City of Toronto, this studio follows draft objectives 10 and 12, which seek to build connections between the city and the ravines. For this... Read more
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Ecological Urbanism Exhibit
Running from April 17 to May 14 the Ecological Urbanism exhibit was showcased at the Urban Space Gallery celebrating the intersection of culture, nature and infrastructure.
ABOUT THE... Read more
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Stitching the Fabric:
Connectivity Strategies for Identified Gaps in Toronto's Ravines
Vincent Racine, graduate student in the Master of Planning in Urban Development at Ryerson University and research assistant at the Ecological Design Lab examined landscape connectivity strategies... Read more
