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An Examination Of The Acceptance Of Construction And Demolition Waste Reduction Measures By Residential Building Contractors In Windsor And Essex County (Ontario)., Karl Dean. Tanner
An Examination Of The Acceptance Of Construction And Demolition Waste Reduction Measures By Residential Building Contractors In Windsor And Essex County (Ontario)., Karl Dean. Tanner
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Within the field of urban planning there is a growing recognition that the discipline must incorporate within its existing framework an environmental component that is sensitive to environmental concerns and which takes a proactive role. It is no longer possible to consider development in isolation without first looking at the consequences development has upon the natural and physical environment. The residential construction industry is seen as an industry where opportunity exists to reduce, reuse, recycle and recover material wasted during the construction process. The purpose of this study was to survey new residential building contractors in the Windsor/Essex County area …
The Effectiveness Of The Site Plan Control Process In Windsor, Ontario, 1988-1992., Nancy Louise. Morand
The Effectiveness Of The Site Plan Control Process In Windsor, Ontario, 1988-1992., Nancy Louise. Morand
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All of Ontario's twenty most populous municipalities utilize Site Plan Control (SPC) as a method to closely control development. All but Windsor and Thunder Bay apply SPC on a municipality-wide basis. The City of Windsor has not placed the entire city under SPC, but rather only specific geographic areas, thus offering a rare opportunity to evaluate the effectiveness of the Site Plan Control process. Thirty commercial developments which proceeded under SPC during the five year period from 1988 to 1992 were compared to thirty which proceeded in NON-SPC areas. Variables for comparison were chosen that related directly to the three …
Urban Property Around A Planned Casino Site In Windsor, Ontario, 1975-1993., John Paul. Lowrie
Urban Property Around A Planned Casino Site In Windsor, Ontario, 1975-1993., John Paul. Lowrie
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This is a baseline study of the property sales and their values within the neighbourhood of a planned casino site in downtown Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Even preceding the official announcement of the permanent casino location near the Glengarry neighbourhood during January 1993, any predictable changes in the numbers of sales, property values, and owner-concentration might signify the beginnings of property re-evaluation and land-use alteration. The data set for the study consists of 1,344 residential, and 65 commercial transactions of 608 properties during the period from 1975 to 1993. Three measurements of property alteration are analyzed: (1) the monthly numbers of …