Where strangers become neighbours : integrating immigrants in Vancouver, Canada / by Leonie Sandercock and Giovanni Attili ; with Val Cavers and Paula Carr.

Main entry:

Sandercock, Leonie, author.

Title & Author:

Where strangers become neighbours : integrating immigrants in Vancouver, Canada / by Leonie Sandercock and Giovanni Attili ; with Val Cavers and Paula Carr.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

New York : Springer, 2009.

Description:

xiv, 303 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm + 1 DVD (4 3/4 in.)

Series:

Urban and landscape perspectives ; 4

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
pt. I. Context -- Ch. 1. Inventing a Multicultural Nation: Canada's Evolving Story / L. Sandercock and S. Brock -- Ch. 2. Integrating an Immigrant Metropolis: Vancouver's Diversity Mission / L. Sandercock and S. Brock -- Ch. 3. Changing the Mind of the City: Preparing the Public Sector for a Multicultural Society / S. Brock -- pt. II. Neighbourhood House: Concept and Reality -- Ch. 4. What Is a Neighbourhood House? / L. Sandercock -- Ch. 5. Story of the Collingwood Neighbourhood House: A Unique Gathering Place / L. Sandercock and V. Cavers -- Ch. 6. CNH: The Ongoing Challenges of Change / V. Cavers and P. Carr -- Ch. 7. Integrating Immigrants Through Community Development / L. Sandercock -- Ch. 8. Towards a Cosmopolitan Urbanism: From Theory to Practice / L. Sandercock -- pt. III. Film as Action Research -- Ch. 9. "Where Strangers Become Neighbours": The Story of a Research, the Research of a Story / G. Attili -- Ch. 10. Qualitative Inquiries and Film Languages in the Planning Field: A Manifesto / G. Attili.

ISBN:

9781402090349 (hbk.)
140209034X (hbk.)
9781402090356 (ebk.)
1402090358 (ebk.)

Subject:

City planning Social aspects British Columbia Vancouver Case studies.
Immigrants British Columbia Vancouver Social conditions Case studies.
Cultural pluralism British Columbia Vancouver Case studies.
Social integration British Columbia Vancouver Case studies.
Diversité culturelle Colombie-Britannique Vancouver Études de cas.
Intégration sociale Colombie-Britannique Vancouver Études de cas.
City planning Social aspects.
Cultural pluralism.
Immigrants Social conditions.
Social integration.
British Columbia Vancouver.

Form/genre:

Video recordings (physical artifacts)
Optical disks.
DVDs.
Case studies.

Added entries:

Attili, Giovanni.
Cavers, Val, author.
Carr, Paula, author.
Urban and landscape perspectives ; 4.

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 264400
Call No.: HT169.C22 V3 2009
Status: Available

Location: Library main canada 270572
Call No.: HT169.C22 V3 2009
Copy: DVD
Status: Available

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