Planning on the edge : Vancouver and the challenges of reconciliation, social justice, and sustainable development / edited by Penny Gurstein and Tom Hutton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gurstein, Penny, editor.

Hutton, T. A. (Thomas A.), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning--British Columbia--Vancouver.

City planning.

Sociology, Urban--British Columbia--Vancouver.

Sociology, Urban.

Sustainable development--British Columbia--Vancouver.

Sustainable development.

Vancouver (B.C.)--Social conditions.

Vancouver (B.C.).

Vancouver (B.C.)--Economic conditions.

Economic history.

Social conditions.

British Columbia--Vancouver.

Physical Description:

x, 339 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, [2019]

Summary:

"Vancouver is one of the most intensely studied medium-sized cities in the world and heralded everywhere as a model for sustainable development. In Planning on the Edge, nationally and internationally renowned planning scholars, activists, and Indigenous leaders assess whether the city's reputation is warranted. While recognizing the many successes of the 'Vancouverism' model, the contributors acknowledge that the forces of globalization and speculative property development have increased social inequality and housing insecurity since the 1980s in the city and the region. To determine the city's prospects for overcoming these problems, they look at city planning from all angles and perspectives, including planning for the Indigenous population, environmental and disaster planning, housing and migration, and transportation and water management. Together, they provide a comprehensive and integrative profile of Vancouver's development history and planning record. By looking at policies at the local, provincial, and federal levels and taking reconciliation with Indigenous peoples into account, Planning on the Edge highlights the kinds of policies and practices needed to reorient Vancouver's development trajectory along a more environmentally sound and equitable path."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part 1 Shifting Vancouver in space and time

Planning since time immemorial: musqueam perspectives / Howard Grant, Leona Sparrow, Larissa Grant, and Jemma Scoble

City on the edge: Vancouver and circuits of capital, control, and culture / Tom Hutton

Part 2 Sustainability and resilience in Metro Vancouver's urban systems

Vancouver's sustainability gap and lessons from the Southeast False Creek model sustainable community / Jennie Moore, Cornelia Sussmann, and William E. Rees

Vancouverism and sustainable urban design: past its prime and needing to evolve / Maged Senbel Mark Stevens

Transportation: Vancouver the City and Vancouver the Region / Lawrence D. Frank and Alexander Y. Bigazzi

tDynamics and governance of risk in metro Vancouver /rStephanie E. Chang, Timothy L. McDaniels, Lily Yumagulova, and Mark Stevens

Sustainability gap for water management in the Vancouver region / Jordi Honey-Rosés

Part 3 People-centred approach to planning and development in Vancouver

Beyond the downtown eastside: a regional perspective on affordability, displacement, and social justice / Nathan J. Edelson, Penny Gurstein, Karla Kloepper and Jeremy T. Stone

Beyond the dreams of avarice? The past, present, and future of housing in Vancouver's planning legacy / Penny Gurstein and Andy Yan

Canada's cosmopolis on the coast: how immigration has shaped and reshaped Vancouver / Lisi Feng and Michael Leaf

Building civic capacity in the shadow of neoliberalism: patterns and challenges in Metro Vancouver's immigrant social integration / Leonora C. Angeles and Olga Shcherbyna

Epilogue : Beyond cosmopolis: dreaming coexistence as Indigenous justice / Leonie Sandercock.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Planning on the edge.

ISBN:

9780774861663

0774861665

OCLC:

1110683696