Archive | August, 2011

The City We Want

What is the form of the ideal city? If the goal is to reduce our impact on the environment the answer would seem to be a very high density urban core surrounded by much lower densities punctuated by points or corridors of higher density. This form results in the best outcomes for greenhouse gas emissions [...]

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“Canadian Cities in Transition” Local Through Global Perspectives, 3rd Edition

Edited by Trudi Bunting and Pierre Filion ISBN: 0195422198 Release Date: May 16, 2006 Publisher: Oxford University Press Chapter 1.Cities that fail to export decline. The origins of urban planning can be traced back to the 19th century public health interventions intended to reduce the risks of epidemics. The period known as Suburban Domination in [...]

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“Common Ground in a Liquid City” Essays in Defence of an Urban Future

Author: Matt Hern ISBN: 9781849350105 Release Date: December 30, 2009 Publisher: AK Press Core Contentions — 1. An ecological city has to be organized around cities, living compactly. 2. In a liquid air a when people, goods, and capital are sloshing over the globe we have to turn cities into comprehensible places that everyday people [...]

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Public Salon 9: May 4, 2011

David Pay | bio Dr. Clara van Karnebeek | bio Penny Gurstein | bio Mark Brand | bio Wendy Pattenden | bio John Robinson | bio Kahlil Ashanti | bio Kathy Kinlock | bio Michael Goldberg | bio

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Public Salon 8: February 1, 2011

Nancy McKinstry | bio Leslie Van Duzer | bio Sapna Dayal  | bio Graeme Berglund | bio Jane Coop  | bio Andrew J. Petter  | bio David Granirer  | bio Dr. Michael Krausz | bio Terry McBride  | bio

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Public Salon 7: November 3, 2010

Tsawwassen Chief Kim Baird | bio Graham Harrop |  bio Dr. Brian Day | bio Dr. Redouane Al Fakir | bio Barbara-Jo McIntosh | bio Professor Mark Wexler | bio Borealis Quartet | bio Donald MacPherson | bio Mark Angelo | bio

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Public Salon 6: September 23, 2010

Dr. Nicole Aubè | bio Dr. Max Cynader | bio Chuck Davis | bio Sal Ferreras | bio Chief Justice Lance Finch | bio Ken Lum | bio Peter McKnight | bio Bill Rees | bio

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