LINKS AND RECOMMENDED READING
Below are links to the Municipality of Saanich, the Capital Regional District, other community groups and links to the broader community of research into urban planning.
Capital Regional District
Regional growth strategy
Natural Gardening
District of Saanich
Appointments to Saanich Committees
Archives
Capital Works Projects current year report
Development Applications
Get Involved
Feedback Form
Saanich Council meetings - broadcast live and recorded for later viewing.
If you have any questions with respect to meeting procedures, please contact the
Legislative Services Division at 250-475-1775 or by email to council@saanich.ca .
Useful Local links
Capital Bike
Colquitz Coalition
Friends of Swan Creek Watershed
Garry Oak Ecosystems Recovery Team
Peninsula Streams
Nigel Valley Project
Walk On, Victoria
Useful Information on urban planning
Canada Green Building Council
Canadian Urban Institute
Opening Doors: Final report of the Canada-British Columbia Expert Panel on
the Future of Housing Supply and Affordability (June 2021) link
Project For Public Spaces
National Assoc. of City Transportation Officials
"How to Make an Attractive City" video
"7 Principles for building Better Cities" TED Talk video
Useful Books available at the Greater Victoria Public Library
Capital City: Gentrification and the Real Estate State. Samuel Stein 2019
Happy City: transforming our lives through urban design. Charles Montgomery
The High Cost of Free Parking. Donald C. Shroup
How to kill a City: gentrification, inequality and the fight for the neighborhood. Peter Moskowitz 2017
The New Urban Crisis. Richard Florida 2017
Saving Farmland : the fight for real food. Nathalie Chambers 2015
Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution. Janette Sadik-Kahn 2016
Sunbelt Blues: the Failure of American Housing. Andrew Ross 2021
Walkable city. Jeff Speck 2012
Vancouverism. Larry Beasley 2019