A Blog Curated & Written by uAlberta Human Geography & Planning Students. Emphasizing and exploring innovative approaches and ideas surrounding human's relationship with space.
During the last week of January, I had one major paper and a major proposal due, and it also happened to be a really busy week for volunteering, meetings, and work. I thought this would be a great time to try out the commuter hostel.
Read MoreInnsbruck, Austria is a city of only 130,000. Yet, it boasts a vibrant street life, diverse transportation system, a healthy historic district and excellent post-secondary education possibilities.
Read MoreA guide for all Urban Planner's and Cycle-Enthusiasts to combat the criticisms against bike-lanes at your next family dinner party.
Read MoreSprawl, growth, and suburbanization are all words used to describe an expanding city, and they are also used interchangeably, as to be synonymous with one another. When these words are used to address change in Edmonton, they are often meant pejoratively to address a personal disapproval of the pattern, style, and even the pace of the introduced built-form. This discussion is dominant in the discourse of the outermost suburbs, think any development exceeding the Anthony Henday.
Read MoreI would say that I have done my fair share of traveling, which means I have also had my fair share of car rides to the Edmonton International Airport. On my way to EIA recently, I was shocked by freshly poured cement beams and an endless line of construction equipment along the Queen Elizabeth Highway 2. The massive QE II is expanding even more.
Read MoreThe Northside might be more friendly than you imagine.
Read MoreWelcome to YIMBY.
Read MoreShopping Malls are fascinating, but what surrounds them are even more so.
Read MoreWebsite for the Geography and Planning Students' Society, a student group that provides academic, professional, and social support to Human Geography and Planning students at the University of Alberta.
