City Making in Paradise: Nine Decisions that Saved Vancouver
- ISBN-10
- 1553652576
- ISBN-13
- 9781553652571
- Category
- Quality of life
- Pages
- 218
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- Douglas & McIntyre
- Authors
- Mike Harcourt, Sean Rossiter, Kenneth Duncan Cameron
Description
This critical work explores the issues and citizen action that made Vancouver one of the world's most livable cities -- an international urban poster child -- and challenges policy-makers and the public to reinvigorate the debate for the next generation of successful sustainable city building. Time and again, Vancouver is recognized internationally as one of the best places to live. It achieved that reputation by breaking rules and forging its own brand of North American urbanism. This compelling book details the nine most important decisions made in the Greater Vancouver region since the 1940s. Authors Mike Harcourt and Ken Cameron, themselves key players in several of these developments, reveal the political machinations, the ideological struggles and the personal commitment that lay behind each one. By tracing today's successes back to their roots, they illustrate their central theme: that cities are the result of the daily choices we make as leaders, activists and citizens.
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