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 Stories About: Canada AND placemaking AND public transportation AND sprawl AND urban planning AND Vancouver
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Banner day for B.C.
Lots of good stuff north of the border |
Clark Williams-Derry |
25 May 2007 |
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| The Vancouver Sun has the scoop. First, the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, just released a draft "eco-density" plan that sounds, at least to my ears, like exactly the right way to deal with the city's expected population increase: curbing sprawl by concentrating new housing in compact, transit-friendly neighborhoods: Vancouver should put high-density housing next to its major parks and along every one of its major streets, suggests the first d ... |
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| Topics: Canada, placemaking, public transportation, sprawl, urban planning, Vancouver (all these topics) |
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