Journal Article

Vancouver: Critical reflections on the development experience of a peripheral global city

Abstract

Highlights • Vancouver is acclaimed for its progressive approach to planning, particularly through the ‘Vancouver model’. • Its lifestyle metrics exceed many other cities’, particularly related to green space, cultural diversity & commitments to public transit. • However, economic underdevelopment associated with marginality within circuits of globalization undermine its position. • The housing crisis threatens the city's social sustainability, and socio-economic inequalities are increasingly evident.

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Authors

Carpenter, Juliet
Hutton, Tom

Oxford Brookes departments

Faculty of Technology, Design and Environment\School of the Built Environment

Dates

Year of publication: 2018
Date of RADAR deposit: 2018-12-21

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This RADAR resource is the Accepted Manuscript of Vancouver: Critical reflections on the development experience of a peripheral global city