HGP240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Car-Free Movement, Vancouverism, Tabula Rasa
24 Sep 2016
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September 21, 2016: tension between stability and change, stability: Shifting consumer choices -- interested in living close to amenities, reducing car dependence and commuting, enjoying urban lifestyle". Reducing the environmental effects of sprawl -- e. g. loss of farmland, forests, waterways. Encouraging more efficient transport systems -- density supports transit, reduces road expansion. Condos -- both townhouse and apartment-style (35% of new residential construction in canada) Intensification -- increasing the density of existing built areas (e. g. via infill) Mixed-use development -- residential, retail and commercial/office in shared space. Brownfield (re)development -- building on previously developed sites (now abandoned, outdated or surplus), especially in/near city centre. Win-win, making your city more vibrant, and then replacing it with pubs, bars, residential etc. Revitalizes the city, and provides new opportunity that you did not have previously. Brownfield: central locations, with infrastructure nearby, little or no environmental value, helps to counter sprawl, added costs may include legal issues, demolition, decontamination.
