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Urban Ecological Design: A Process for Regenerative Places
Authors: Danilo Palazzo and Frederick Steiner (Island Press, 2012) Urban Ecological Design: A Process for Regenerative Places takes a very comprehensive...
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STRAPHANGER: A week of excerpts from Taras Grescoe’s new book
This week, Spacing presents five excerpts from Straphanger, the new book by Montreal-based author Taras Grescoe. The book examines the success stories...
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Urban Planet: Dumpster Camera
Urban Planet is a daily roundup of  blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...
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April 23, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • City of Vancouver to weed out laws impeding agriculture [Vancouver Sun] • PavCo challenges Vancouver float-plane terminal over safety concerns...
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Mapping Vancouver Crime – Part 2
[Editor’s Note: We are pleased to present the second part of Ian Lowrie’s investigation into Vancouver crime patterns. If you missed the first...
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Big Green: On the pros and cons of the new city megaparks
[Editor’s Note: Former Vancouver reporter Christine McLaren is traveling around the world as the resident blogger for the BMW Guggenheim Lab, a...
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Price Points: Beauty = Waste
What’s going on behind the shrink wrap? . They’re doing work on the exterior of the Dal Grauer Substation on Burrard Street (map here...
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April 22, 2012 Earth Day Headlines
HAPPY EARTH DAY LOCAL • Five Fun Things to Do this Earth Day [Vancouver Sun] • B.C. greenhouse uses captured and stored CO2 to grow food [Vancouver Sun...
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VIDEO: The Social Life of Small Places
William Whyte got it right: the legendary urbanist created the film “The Social Life of Small Places” that has become one of the best learning...
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April 21, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Where there’s smoke there’s fire. How is it that Pot generates one of the City’s largest public events? [Vancouver Sun] â€...
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Hot Topics: Space Needs Analysis Workshop: Tuesday, April 24
Hot Topics: Space Needs Analysis Workshop: Tuesday, April 24 If you need answers to any of the following questions , our next workshop, Tuesday, April...
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Urban Planet: Scoring Walk Score
Urban Planet is a daily roundup of  blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...
By Hilary Best
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered