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Website Design Perspectives, ALuKN

The Alberta Land-use Knowledge Network has two design perspectives: to engage the user with interesting content, to provide information identified by experts as the most current, relevant or foundational to current land-use issues. The website will not try to provide information on all topics. Rather as issues (topics) emerge, the Alberta Land-use Knowledge Network will work the network of associations, professional institutes and societies involved in land-use management to develop information pyramids that provide knowledge summaries, good practices and detailed information on the topic.

Frequency of Fire

The frequency and history of fire in Canada's Jasper National Park has some surprises. Alan Westhaver, Fire/Vegetation Specialist explains what has been learned about fire in Jasper National Park. Fires were frequent; each year sizable areas burned and lightning was not the usual cause. Guess who!.

Charting a course

The National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy has released a report on the state of Canada's water, and how industry is using it.

Information Pyramids

Information pyramids are an unique asset on Alberta Land-use Knowledge Network's website. At their top, a topic's knowledge summary presents the community of experts' checklist of what to pay attention to, what to avoid and what is on the horizon. The factsheet level of a topic's information pyramid presents the "How To's", the current good practices. The Details layer of the information pyramid presents the research articles, manuals, reports and regulatory instructions that are judged most useful by the community of experts. Information pyramids do not cover all the information on a topic, just the most relevant at the moment and robustly useful and foundational to the topic. When you see the pyramid symbol on an article, you know it has gone through a community of experts review to be on the Land-use Knowledge Network website