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Sustainable Land Use Planning in Alberta: A Path to Success

Dive into the overview of land use planning in Alberta, exploring historical data, current challenges, and future projections. Learn about conflicts between various user groups, analyze economic development strategies, and understand the importance of environmental sustainability in decision-making.

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Sustainable Land Use Planning in Alberta: A Path to Success

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  1. Land Use Planning in Alberta: An Overview Biol. 595 Sept. 16, 2009

  2. 1930: • National Parks Act 1948-1949: • Green Zone • AB Forest Service • Forests Act

  3. Volume of forest harvested in Alberta, 1930-1999

  4. Forest Management Areas

  5. Number of wells drilled per year in Alberta, 1990-2005

  6. Petroleum Sector Footprint Wellsites

  7. 0 200K 800K Transportation Sector Transportation length <--Projected Simulation--> 21st Century <---Historical Backcast---> 20th Century km • 1900 1950 2000 2050 2100 • Year

  8. Remaining Intact Forest

  9. Remaining Intact Forest by Province Global Forest Watch – Sept. 15, 2003

  10. East Athabasca Caribou Herd

  11. Land Use Conflicts: Minimal 1950 Mining Energy Recreation Agriculture Forestry Residential Native Landscape

  12. Land Use Conflicts: Serious Today Energy Mining Recreation Agriculture Forestry Residential Native Landscape

  13. Maximize the rate of economic development Mitigate environmental damage

  14. What is Success? Alberta GDP Source: Pembina, 2005

  15. Statistics Canada, 2007

  16. Genuine Progress Indices (GPI) Gross Domestic Product Index GPI Economic Index GPI Social Index GPI Environmental Index Index Year Source: Anielski et. al. 2001

  17. Existing Philosophy:Open Frontier Mining Energy Recreation Agriculture Forestry Residential

  18. Reality: Finite Landscape Mining Energy Recreation Agriculture Forestry Residential

  19. SRD Energy Environment

  20. “There are more and more people doing more and more activities on the same piece of land. The competition between user groups creates conflict, and often puts stress on the finite capacity of our land, air, water and habitat.” “We have reached a tipping point, where sticking with the old rules will not produce the quality of life we have come to expect.”

  21. Outcome-Based Management Triple Bottom Line EconomicSustainability Environmental Sustainability Social Sustainability

  22. EverythingEverywhereAll of the time Natural Limits & Trade-off Decisions

  23. Integrated RegionalPlanning

  24. Tomorrow’sLandscapes ComputerModeling Achievable Future Today’sActions

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