Land Use, Transportation & Air Quality: Making Healthier Choices
On October 27, 2009 the Fraser Basin Council, the BC Lung Association and the Air & Waste Management Association of BC hosted a workshop in Burnaby called "Land Use, Transportation & Air Quality: Making Healthier Choices." Many thanks to our speakers and presenters for their thought-provoking sessions and to all participants for the high calibre of dialogue.
Please take a look at the Workshop Proceedings and Program Agenda, or download any of the presentations of interest from the day:
Keynote Address
Land Use, Transportation and Air Quality in the San Francisco Bay Area
by Keynote Speaker Henry Hilken
Director of Planning, Bay Area Air Quality Management District
See keynote presentation
Transportation and Land Use Planning
An overview of land use and transportation planning in BC, including recent research and cutting-edge policies that clearly link density, sustainable transportation and complete community development. See presentations on:
- A Metropolitan Perspective: Connecting Land Use, Transportation and Climate Change (Christina DeMarco)
- The Environment, Our Health and How We Grow (Dr. Larry Frank)
- Creating Healthy, Sustainable and Successful Communities (Todd Litman)
Air Quality and Health
An overview on air quality in BC and an update on local exposure studies and state of air pollution/health science. See presentations on:
- Provincial Policies and Initiatives (Glen Okrainetz)
- Linking Air Quality, Transportation and Health Impacts (Dr. Michael Brauer)
- Risk Assessment and Mitigative Approaches Through the Public Health Lens: The Rue Notre Dame / Montreal Urban Highway (Dr. Tom Kosatsky)
Making the Connection
Options for incorporating air quality into decision-making, such as considering actions that will result in co-benefits of greenhouse gas reductions and adhering to best management practices. See presentations on:
- Making the Connection: Climate Action, the Provincial Transit Plan and BC Transit (Stephen Brydon)
- Air Quality Best Management Practices in BC and Other Jurisdictions (Natalie Suzuki)