Public interest, private property : law and planning policy in Canada

Valiante, Marcia, 1953- (author,, editor.). Smit, Anneke, (author,, editor.).

Summary: "When it comes to urban planning, to what extent and under what conditions should the community's interest prevail over the rights of private property owners? Public Interest, Private Property addresses this question at a time when pollution, urban sprawl, and condo booms are forcing municipal governments to adopt prescriptive laws and regulations. Case studies focus on spheres in which public values and private property rights collide--expropriation law, natural resources regulation, green development, and water provision--laying the groundwork for more active debates on the issues currently shaping our cities."--

Record details

ISBN: 9780774829311 (bound)
Physical Description: print
xi, 317 pages ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Vancouver ; UBC Press, [2016]
Copyright: ©2016

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Private property in historical and global contexts and its lessons for planning / Harvey M. Jacobs -- Bumble bees cannot fly, and restrictive covenants cannot run / Bruce Ziff -- The disappearance of planning law in Ontario / Stanley M. Makuch -- In search of the "public interest" in Ontario planning decisions / Marcia Valiante -- Transforming Toronto : implementation and impacts of metropolitan-scale plans / Pierre Filion, Anna Kramer -- Green developments : new entanglements of property, planning, and the public interest / Deborah Curran -- Private tree protection bylaws : in the public interest? / Eran S. Kaplinsky -- Planning for potable water : public interest and property rights / Jane Matthews Glenn -- Expropriation : the raw edge of the conflict between public and private interests / Stephen F. Waqué and Ian Mathany -- Making up for the loss of "home" : compensation in residential property expropriation / Anneke Smit.