City making in paradise : nine decisions that saved Vancouver / Mike Harcourt & Ken Cameron ; with Sean Rossiter.

Main entry:

Harcourt, Mike, 1943-

Title & Author:

City making in paradise : nine decisions that saved Vancouver / Mike Harcourt & Ken Cameron ; with Sean Rossiter.

Publication:

Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre, c2007.

Description:

xiv, 218 p. : maps ; 22 cm.

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-211) and index.
Pioneer planners -- Saving Strathcona -- The Agricultural Land Reserve -- Harry Lash -- Expo 86 and the remaking of False Creek -- Choosing our future -- Resurrecting regional planning -- The Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority -- Power shift -- From livability to sustainability.

Summary:

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. City Making in Paradise 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.

ISBN:

9781553652571 (paperback)
1553652576 (paperback)

Subject:

Regional planning British Columbia Vancouver Metropolitan Area History.
Regional planning British Columbia Vancouver Metropolitan Area Citizen participation History.
Urban policy British Columbia History.
Quality of life British Columbia Vancouver Metropolitan Area.
Sustainable development British Columbia Vancouver Metropolitan Area.
Aménagement du territoire Colombie-Britannique Vancouver, Agglomération de Histoire.
Aménagement du territoire Colombie-Britannique Vancouver, Agglomération de Participation des citoyens.
Politique urbaine Colombie-Britannique Histoire.
Qualité de la vie Colombie-Britannique Vancouver, Agglomération de.
Développement durable Colombie-Britannique Vancouver, Agglomération de.
Quality of life.
Regional planning.
Regional planning Citizen participation.
Sustainable development.
Urban policy.
Vancouver Metropolitan Area (B.C.) History.
Vancouver, Agglomération de (C.-B.) Histoire.
British Columbia.
British Columbia Vancouver Metropolitan Area.

Form/genre:

Essays.
History.

Added entries:

Rossiter, Sean, 1946-
Cameron, Ken (Kenneth Duncan)

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 253918
Call No.: BIB 183733
Status: Available

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