Uneven Growth

Question 1

Why is Vancouver somewhat protected from sprawl?

Answer 1

Because we have geographical boundaries that limit the space we can encroach upon

Question 2

Agricultural Land Reserve in Canada

Answer 2

70s - Land reserved by the government for agricultural use. (legislated)

Question 3

While B.C. is home to 5 million people…

Answer 3

90% of us live within a 100 km of the U.S. border

Question 4

Slow Burn

Answer 4

Climate Change
Aging infrastructure
Resource consumption

Question 5

Fast Burn

Answer 5

Economic crisis earthquake
Unexpected immigration
natural disaster

Question 6

Transit Oriented Communities

Answer 6

Public amenities built up around transit lines
Development is ‘sold out’, however percentage of units underused is over 20%

Global investment in real estate as a commodity
It is too expensive to live here: thousands of people on the street

Question 7

Why remove the viaducts?

Answer 7

underutilized

costing the city more to maintain them than they get back in taxable earnings

Question 8

European cities have more

Answer 8

‘gentle density’. Vancouver was built with this in mind.

Question 9

Reimagining the viaducts

Answer 9

Activating the water front

Increasing green space

Connecting Chinatown to main street

Residential

Parks

Recognizing the history of the black neighbourhood there

Question 10

3 major accelerators of change in Vancouver

Answer 10

The viaducts being built
Expo 86 (expo line - skytrain)
Vancouver winter olympics 2010