The Vancouver Achievement : Urban Planning and Design

Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Urban Design as Public Policy in North America xiv Introducing Vancouver 3(14) Part 1: Setting a New Planning Agenda Team and the Reform of Planning, 1972-80 17(41) Creating a Livable Central Area, 1975-91 58(57) Part 2: Designing Neighbourhoods Single-Family Neighbourhoods, 1980-2000 115(34) CityPlan, 1992-2000 149(37) Megaprojects on the Waterfront, 1987-2000 186(55) Downtown Vancouver, 1991-2000 241(50) Part 3: Regulating Development and Improving Design Reforming Permit Processing and Development Levies, 1980-2000 291(26) Discretionary Control and Design Quality, 1997-2000 317(29) Conclusion: Assessing Vancouver's Achievement 346(42) Postscript 388(16) Appendices 1 Awards for planning and design in Vancouver 391(4) 2 Chronology of key planning initiatives, policy documents, government policies, and politics in the City of Vancouver, 1965-2001 395(6) 3 Organization charts for the city planning function, 1975-2001 401(3) Glossary 404(5) References 409(23) Figure Credits 432(1) Index 433