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

                  District of Saanich                                                 
               Appointments to Saanich Committees 
                 Archives
                 Capital Works Projects current year report                
                 Development Applications
               Get Involved
                         Governance Review Citizen Advisory Committee
                 Feedback Form
                 Uptown - Douglas Corridor Study
             

           Useful Local links

                    BC Government: McKenzie interchange
                       Burnside Gorge (Victoria) Neighbourhood Plan
                              For the plan development or to read the charrette workshop report, visit www.victoria.ca/burnside
                Capital Regional District
                Friends of Swan Creek Watershed       link currently unavailable
                Peninsula Streams
                Nigel Valley Project
                Walk On, Victoria
               

           Useful  Information on urban planning

                Canada Green Building Council
                Project For Public Spaces
                National Assoc. of City Transportation Officials
               
              "How to Make an Attractive City" video 

                
          Useful Books available at the Greater Victoria Public Library

                Happy City: transforming our lives through urban design   Charles Montgomery
                The High Cost of Free Parking    Donald C. Shroup
                Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution   Janette Sadik-Kahn