News: Alberta Land Institute

February 24, 2015

Can we restore your wetland?

Can we restore your wetland? We’re about to find out. This morning, the Alberta Land Institute launched the Alberta’s Living Laboratory Wetlands Project, a multi-year, interdisciplinary research program that will see researchers work in partnership with private land owners to restore wetlands on their property. The objective? To use some of the most advanced scientific techniques available to…

November 20, 2014

Respecting Property Rights

This week saw the introduction of Bill 1, “Respecting Property Rights”, in the Alberta Legislature. Earlier this year, the Alberta Land Institute released A Guide to Property Rights in Alberta, and one of that study’s authors, Dr. Eran Kaplinsky, today posted his observations about this new piece of legislation: Earlier this year, my colleague David Percy and I published A Guide to Property…

June 2, 2014

Over $160,000 Available for Land-use Research

Alberta Land Institute (ALI) at the University of Alberta welcomes interested researchers to submit a research proposal for our following research initiatives: Urban Form, Land Use and Sustainability: Recommendations and Key Research Gaps (up to $45,000 funding available) Linking Environmental Goals with Business Risk Management Programs in Canadian Agriculture (up to $60,000 funding available) Municipal…

May 7, 2014

Clarifying Property Rights in Alberta

Alberta Land Institute (ALI) has launched PropertyRightsGuide.ca to assist Albertans with questions about property rights. The paper, entitled A Guide to Property Rights in Alberta, is the first result from its new research program. The Guide will be presented at the Land Use 2014 Conference organized by ALI, which will be attended by approximately 280 representatives from governments, non-governmental…

April 7, 2014

Taking a Boulder Stance on Urban Growth

Regional cooperation can lead to better land-use planning. “A lot of people can see the potential benefits of land preservation and tighter growth boundaries,” said Peter Pollock. “The challenge is that the land development system is based on many individual kinds of motivations, within what is often a very diffuse system of governance.” Pollock is the Ronald Smith Fellow with the Department…