Change and the City an alternative policy development framework to improve the quality of transportation policy in Calgary

Whyte, Robert Vincent

Change and the City an alternative policy development framework to improve the quality of transportation policy in Calgary

dc.contributor.advisor	de Salvatierra, Alberto Embriz
dc.contributor.author	Whyte, Robert Vincent
dc.contributor.committeemember	Demissie, Merkebe Getachew
dc.contributor.committeemember	Alaniz Uribe, Francisco
dc.contributor.committeemember	Plitt, Robert
dc.contributor.committeemember	Burda, Cherise
dc.date	2024-11
dc.date.accessioned	2024-07-08T16:41:32Z
dc.date.available	2024-07-08T16:41:32Z
dc.date.issued	2024-06-26
dc.description.abstract	Planning policy is the language that translates governance into built form. It is a necessary and integral tool in the operation of democracy. This doctoral thesis examines transportation planning policy in the Alberta context as a means for investigating the constituent pieces of good and bad planning policy. Using design science research, autoethnography and interviews as components of a research program, this study explores the state of transportation planning policy to better understand how policy has and continues to shape the communities that it guides. This work attempts to highlight the reasons and conditions behind why policy may succeed and use that information to propose an improved way of developing planning policy. Common failures in policy and policy implementation are examined and strategies proposed for practitioners to use. Through the research, the concept of a policy life-cycle and the adaptation of a policy development cycle are described and defined as new concepts in the practice. An examination of policy successes, failures and the conditions that lead to those outcomes shapes a root cause analysis which forms a basis for work. The information is then used to build, test and refine creative artifacts through the research project. A policy development guidebook is generated as a final output and tool that policy planners in Alberta can use to improve the success rate of their municipal planning policies.
dc.identifier.citation	Whyte, R. V. (2024). Change and the City an alternative policy development framework to improve the quality of transportation policy in Calgary (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1880/119060
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher.faculty	Graduate Studies
dc.publisher.institution	University of Calgary
dc.rights	University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subject	Change
dc.subject	Disruptive Technology
dc.subject	Planning Policy
dc.subject	Policy Lifecycle
dc.subject	Policy Failure
dc.subject	Transportation Planning
dc.subject	Municipal Government
dc.subject	Transportation Policy
dc.subject	Urban Planning
dc.subject.classification	Urban and Regional Planning
dc.title	Change and the City an alternative policy development framework to improve the quality of transportation policy in Calgary
dc.type	doctoral thesis
thesis.degree.discipline	Environmental Design
thesis.degree.grantor	University of Calgary
thesis.degree.name	Doctor of Design (DDes)
ucalgary.thesis.accesssetbystudent	I do not require a thesis withhold – my thesis will have open access and can be viewed and downloaded publicly as soon as possible.