Identifier: ruralplanningdev00cana (find matches)
Title: Rural planning and development; a study of rural conditions and problems in Canada
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Canada. Commission of Conservation Adams, Thomas, 1871-1940
Subjects: City planning Public lands
Publisher: Ottawa, (s.n.)
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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ckriii yULCL VARIATION OF ROAD WIDTHS AND SECTIONS TO SUIT TRAFFIC The above road sections show the variation in the width of roads proposed to be permittedunder a Town Planning scheme of Great Yarmouth in England. Roads No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3are each 100 feet wide, and show alternative methods of dealing with a traffic thoroughfarehaving a street railway track. The building lines in each case are set back 40 feet from thestreet line, thus giving a total of 180 feet between the buildings. Two sections for residentialstreets are shown. The above 45 feet and 50 feet roads are of ample width for average con-ditions in residential sections, subject to the 20 feet or 25 feet set-back of the buildings. See Page 99 Fig. 32 WHOLLY WITHIN DUCK MOUNTAIN FOREST RESERVE PLAN OF SUB DIVISION AT MADGE LAKE Being part of the north half of Section 28, Township 30,Range 30, West of Principal Meridian PROVINCE OF SASKATCHEWAN Survaywi by W. J. Desna, D.U&, Aiunist, 1914. Scale: 260 feet to an inch.
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SPECIMEN PLAN OF SURVEY OF TOWN SITE This curved street plan of the townsite of Madge Lake, Saskatchewan, is a specimen of arevised system used by the Topographical Surveys Branch of the Department of the Interior tosecure conformity to contours of the land; but as designed it adds to rather than lessens theamount of land given up for streets and lanes in proportion to the area reserved for building lots. See page 100 RURAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 101 ings, they have the effect of increasing fire risks. In Canada we payfrom two to three dollars per capita for fire insurance and protectionmore than is paid in some European countries. This excessive bur-den is borne by the farmer as well as by the townsman. In a report relating primarily to rural districts, it may seemthat too much attention is being given to the question of road plan-ning as it affects the planning of urban areas. It is in rural areas,however, where the system of planning is adopted which governs allfuture development

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