Lectures & Links

Land use tools as part of long-term strategy for local development.
Alberta Land Institute

In this presentation from November 2021, we talk about some of the outcomes of our research for the Alberta Land Institute. Land use policies by themselves can be undermined and will contribute less to the community if they are disconnected from each other and from a broader embedding strategy.

The Route to Reinvention
Sustainability Council University of Alberta

In this lecture from March 31, 2021, professor Kristof Van Assche shows how communities in Alberta and elsewhere can radically transform in the face of the climate crisis. With local deliberation and contextualization, communities are deciding to pursue strategies of either resilience, transition, reinvention or abandoning ship.

The reality effects of policy and planning
University of Groningen

Despite attempts by policy makers and planners, there is always a discrepancy between what is laid out on paper and what is translated into reality. While the unrealistic expectations of this technical rational approach are, perhaps, old news for planners, how to actually cope with such effects, leaves much to be learned.

Community Reinvention
Harris Center
Memorial University

In this presentation Dr. Kristof Van Assche and his team, from the University of Alberta, will discuss opportunities and obstacles for community and examine how communities can draw on their own local strengths and assets to tailor a solution to build a path forward.

International Institute for Innovation in Governance

Governance is a key-concept in the pathway to a sustainable future of our planet. All major issues; sustainable urban development, food security, the conservation of biodiversity, rural development or dealing with the effects of climate change, require interventions that will dramatically change the way in which we organize our societies. Dealing with these challenges requires use to rethink the ways in which societies and environments are governed.

Lectures & Links

Land use tools as part of long-term strategy for local development. Alberta Land Institute

The Route to Reinvention Sustainability Council University of Alberta

The reality effects of policy and planning University of Groningen

Community Reinvention Harris Center Memorial University

International Institute for Innovation in Governance

Land use tools as part of long-term strategy for local development.
Alberta Land Institute

The Route to Reinvention
Sustainability Council University of Alberta

The reality effects of policy and planning
University of Groningen

Community Reinvention
Harris Center
Memorial University