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Vancouverism: Actualizing the Livable City Paradox

2011; University of California, Berkeley; Volume: 22; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5070/bp322112717

ISSN

2376-7170

Autores

Serena Kataoka,

Tópico(s)

Geographies of human-animal interactions

Resumo

This article provides a cautionary tale about the progressive tendency to construct and improve upon livable cities. By showing how Vancouverism has actualized the livable city paradox - one part rural romance of living close to nature, and one part urban romance of diversity and complexity - it is able to draw out some of the pernicious implications of doing so. There are no ready solutions to the complex scenes that are sketched, but we can get a better sense for how to respond appropriately within and to these scenes, by looking backwards rather than ahead.

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