Sustainability-as-density and the return of the social: The case of Vancouver, British Columbia

Urban Geography

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1055-1084

  Quastel, Noah ^a   Moos, Markus ^b   Lynch, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

densification; gentrification; sustainability; urban political ecology; Vancouver; walkability

Indexed keywords

AFFORDABLE HOUSING; AMENITY; CULTURAL RELATIONS; GENTRIFICATION; LIFESTYLE; NEIGHBORHOOD; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN HOUSING; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; VANCOUVER;

EID: 84866683799     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.33.7.1055     Document Type: Article

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