The decision to select library materials is the responsibility of the Liaison Librarian, Margaret Aquan-Yuen, in consultation with the Faculty Library Representative, Robert Shipley.
Materials are collected to serve the teaching and research needs of the students and faculty members in the School of Planning. The School offers a Bachelor of Environment Studies, Honours Planning (BES); Master of Arts, Planning (MA); Master of Environmental Studies Planning (MES); and Doctor of Philosophy, Planning (Ph.D). The broad aim of the School is to prepare the student for active participation the planning process and membership in the profession.
The emphasis of the program is on planning as a process, conceived in broad terms to include policy making, research and decision making. The program focuses on the natural environment and how humans interact with the environment; the human and built environments; and the dimensions that cross between the natural and built/human environments (Includes design, conservation, sustainability, information systems and strategic planning).
Core materials in English and French are preferred. Materials in any European language are collected if appropriate.
Special emphasis is given to Canadian materials. U.S., Great Britain and Europe are also covered with some intensity. No area is excluded completely from consideration. Comparative studies of different regions and political jurisdictions are of particular interest.
Primary emphasis is on contemporary material. Canadian, American and British areas are given historical treatment.
Priority is given to materials published in North America and Europe.
Retrospective as well as currently published materials are collected.
The following types of materials generally included are books, periodicals, reference works, government publications and textbooks in print or electronic format as appropriate.
The following types of materials are collected selectively: Conference proceedings, symposia reports and theses.
The following types of materials are excluded: Films, videos and slides.
| Planning Practice and Planning Tools | |
| Planning theory | 4 |
| Planning as a profession | 4 |
| Planning ethics | 4 |
| Planning process | 4 |
| Planning legislation and regulation | 3 |
| Local documents for the Regional Municipality of Waterloo (official plans; secondary and neighbourhood plans; and zoning by-laws) | 5 |
| Consultation and group processes | 4 |
| Communication | 3 |
| Information systems | 4 |
| Geographic information system | |
| Remote sensing | |
| Human and Built Environments | |
| Urban dynamics | 4 |
| Settlement/urban patterns | |
| Housing | |
| Social interactions | |
| Social planning | 4 |
| Social and demographic dimensions | 4 |
| Urban design | 4 |
| Economy | 4 |
| Land economics | |
| Municipal budgeting | |
| Transportation planning | 4 |
| Regional planning | 4 |
| Rural planning | 3 |
| Natural Environment | |
| (Applied aspects relating to policy) | |
| Ecology | 4 |
| Water | 4 |
| Wetlands | 4 |
| Watersheds | 4 |
| Marine and coastal areas | 4 |
| Forests | 4 |
| Parks | 4 |
| Integration of Planning Themes | |
| Health planning or healthy communities | 4 |
| Conservation/preservation/restoration | 4 |
| Design | 4 |
| Development | 4 |
| Heritage planning | 4 |
| Sustainability | 4 |
| Restoration | 4 |
| Human ecology | 4 |
| Strategic planning | 4 |
| Tourism planning | 4 |
0. Out of Scope
The library does not collect in this subject.
1. Minimal Information Level
The collection supports minimal inquiries about this subject with a limited selection of monographs and reference works.
2. Basic Information Level
The collection serves to introduce and define the subject. Only the most important reference works, general surveys, the most significant works of major authors, and a limited selection of representative general periodicals are collected.
3. Instructional Support Level
The collection supports all courses of undergraduate study and master’s degree programmes. Materials collected include a wide range of reference works, fundamental bibliographic tools, and an extensive collection of monographs and periodicals. Access to owned or remotely-accessed electronic resources, including texts, journals, data sets, etc. is provided.
4. Research Level
The collection includes major published source materials required for doctoral study and independent research in the subject. All formats, including appropriate foreign-language titles, are acquired. Historically important monographs, archival materials, and back-runs of serials are acquired as necessary.
5. Comprehensive Level
The collection is exhaustive in its depth and scope. All relevant materials, in all formats and applicable languages, are retained and preserved. The collection may be recognised as a national resource.
All collections should be systematically reviewed for currency of information and to ensure that essential and important resources are retained. Superseded editions and titles containing outdated information should be withdrawn as necessary. Classical retrospective materials should he retained and preserved to serve the needs of historical research.
Adopted from RLG guidelines.
| BR353 | Environmental psychology |
| G 70.212-70.215 | Geographic information systems |
| GE 1-350 | Environmental Sciences |
| GF 90-91 | Landscape assessment |
| GV 1-200.6 | Tourism |
| HC 79.E5 | Environmental policy and economic development |
| Sustainable development | |
| HD 7285-7391 | Housing |
| HD 7526-7630 | Labor. Model communities |
| HD88-1131 | Land Use |
| HD9502 | Energy industries and policy |
| HE 148 | Transportation and community development |
| HE 301-311 | Urban transportation |
| HE 331-80 | Traffic engineering. Roads |
| HE 1050-1081 | Railways- public policy |
| HE 4201-5260 | Street railways. Rapid transit |
| HE 5601-5720 | Automotive transportation |
| HM133 | Small groups |
| HT 101-395 | Urban sociology Cities and towns. |
| Urban groups. The City. | |
| Urban Sociology | |
| JS 141-231 | Municipal government |
| KD 4746-4795 | Law - local government |
| NA 9000 -9285 | City planning |
| QH 75-77 | Nature conservation |
| QH 87.3 | Biogeography |
| QH 540-549.5 | Ecology |
| QK901-38 | Plant ecology |
| S900-954 | Conservation of Natural resources |
| SB 481-486 | Parks and public reservations |
| SD411-28 | Forestry - conservation and protection |
| SK 351-579 | Wildlife management |
| TD 169-171.8 | Environmental protection |
| TD 194-194.6 | Environmental impact analysis |
The Library continues to explore various initiatives from a TriUniversity Group and Ontario Council of University Libraries perspective.
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