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Originally Posted by SeeGeeWhy
2. Urban planning - Calgary is severely impacted by Alberta's boom and bust economy. City planners should have a flexible plan that anticipates what can be done to take advantage of the next boom, and then improve the model as we learn from it. Simply ignoring this force of economic nature and allowing sprawl upon sprawl is not an effective or sustainable response to boom/bust environment, and it will kill our city if it continues.
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This is a major issue as far as I'm concerned. I've seen a fair number of places in the world, and what I see trending in Calgary bothers me. The urban development practices in Calgary are stuck in the 1950s, and are contributing to a massive resource strain in this city. Bronconnier allowed developers to have free reign over how this city is built and it's going to make life miserable if we're not careful. As an example, new communities can push back on a developer about a certain issue. The developer makes one phone call to the general manager of new communities and bam, the planner is forced by city management to acquiesce to the wants of the developer.