By Erick Villagomez
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The future of urban planning is open source
By Erick Villagomez, re:place magazine Cities, by their very nature, are always in a state of change. Responding to the myriad of internal and external...
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Vancouver’s solar neighbourhoods
Although there is a lot of international praise for Vancouver urban design excellence, it is often focused on the events within the past three decades...
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How we get to work – transit, biking and walking in Metro Vancouver
What better way to start off 2009 than with another map. Given how the unexpected snowy weather seemed to paralyze this fine city of ours over the...
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Vancouver’s north-south streets
As a follow-up to the last map depicting Vancouver’s east-west running streets, here is a drawing of all the north-south roads in the city. Very similar...
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The Costs of Unaffordability – Part 5: Epilogue
Locally, the public is constantly bombarded by politicians and municipal officials who state that they are doing everything within their means to tackle...
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The Costs of Unaffordability – Part 4: Affordability in Vancouver
So far in this series, I’ve discussed affordability and its relationship to population diversity as well as the complex interaction between the...
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The Costs of Unaffordability – Part 3: Affordability and Environment
One of Vancouver’s greatest attributes is the environment in which it sits. The beauty and splendour of the mountains and ocean that are so intricately...
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The Costs of Unaffordability – Part 2: Affordability and Diversity
Diversity plays an important role in most, if not all, complex systems. Accordingly, it is a term used in a broad spectrum of professions and areas of...
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The Costs of Unaffordability – Introduction
The past few months have seen increasing concerns of recession and economic turmoil. With an American economy teetering on the edge of a dark precipice...
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Vancouver’s east-west streets
As the primary paths of access and circulation, streets play an extremely important role in any city – ancient and new. With this in mind, the...
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Vancouver’s deviant grids
Many Vancouverites think of this fine metropolis as a “grid city” – with straight north-south/east-west streets that intersect primarily at right...
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Vancouver’s park structure
Parks are an important part of any city. Given Vancouver’s predisposition for all things natural, parks play a significant role in the perception and use...