The Trouble Defining Sprawl A fundamental issue with the debate around urban sprawl in our community is that it emerges from the nebulous term of sprawl itself. When academics speak/write on the subject of urban sprawl are publishing definitions: “Sprawl means different things to different people” and accepting such vague terms as a basis for a position it … Continue reading The Windsor Research Project – Sprawling
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The Windsor Project – Mid-Sized Cities Gambling on the Future
As previously mentioned there is very little in-depth research on mid-sized communities in Canada (some emerging research here and a great blog here) or the challenges that they face. To small to receive the limelight, media attention and resources of large urban centres; yet they are too big to be highly nimble in a short period of time … Continue reading The Windsor Project – Mid-Sized Cities Gambling on the Future
The Windsor Research Project – Comparative Challenges
Comparative Challenges Given the context of the "post-fact world", the challenges of presenting data on the challenges that Windsor and Essex County face become clear. Finding comparable and appropriate data is vitally important to not only compare apples to apples but to also set appropriate contexts for discussions in subsequent posts. For many people, the … Continue reading The Windsor Research Project – Comparative Challenges
The Windsor Research Project – Forward
Forward What began as a essay on urban sprawl and some of the challenges faced by Windsor and broader Essex County has evolved into a much more. As 2018 progresses, Windsor-Essex County is in many ways at an inflection point, with the coming years charting the course of this region for the next generation and … Continue reading The Windsor Research Project – Forward
Hollowing of the Middle
I previously shared a map twitter (see below) What this map shows is the ratio of the After Tax Median Household Income of each Dissemination Area as a ratio to the same measure in Essex County. For clarity, it was $62,122 which means ares showing up in black have a median income 0-30% of the … Continue reading Hollowing of the Middle
Windsor’s Unemployment Rate is SOFT
Back in Feb. I was interviewed by Dave Battegello of the Windsor Star on the City's unemployment rate. At the time our City's unemployment had fallen from 6% in December to 4.6% in January. In the interview although I agreed that the drop in unemployment was good news, I cast some healthy skepticism on the … Continue reading Windsor’s Unemployment Rate is SOFT
Know Your Ward: Summary
As a part of an ongoing blog series, I will be digging into some of the socio-economic data for the 10 Wards in Windsor. I would note that Census data doesn’t not exactly align with the Windsor Ward map as some census dissemination areas straddle ward boundaries there is some minor variation in the data … Continue reading Know Your Ward: Summary
Book List
A few people have been asking where is my blog post/series on Windsor, Sprawl, Housing etc. going to be posted - short answer is that it is coming. In the meantime, if you are interested in the subject, here is the Book List that forms the foundation for that work. In the last year or so … Continue reading Book List
Christmas in September… Putting money where our mouths are.
On Wednesday, the next batch of Census data is released and it is the only standalone data set of the year: Income Data... In 2011, the Census tracked the status of Windsor in 2010 during the teeth of the recession. The question at hand is how far has Windsor and Essex County come from the from … Continue reading Christmas in September… Putting money where our mouths are.
So maybe I was grumpy
So last night as I was watching Star Wars Episode 2 (my wife and I decided to work through all seven + Rogue One). See Rino I have a hobby! Then I noticed: https://twitter.com/WindsorCAMPP/status/906678368304857088 I have striven to not comment on the CAMPP posts, I feel I stated my position, it really hasn't changed. … Continue reading So maybe I was grumpy
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