Subject category:
Ethics and Social Responsibility
Published by:
Harvard Kennedy School
Length: 21 pages
Topics:
Land use; Transportation
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Abstract
In 1996 the board of directors of the Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) adopted a new regional plan to preserve the region''s spectacular environment and create a more efficient metropolitan area by concentrating growth in certain areas. The concentration would be achieved through a combination of zoning by the 18 cities that make up the district and the construction of several new rail lines. Although all the municipalities had agreed to the plan and it was, in theory, binding on them, there were many details still to be worked out. This case can be used to discuss the politics and economics of efforts to coordinate metropolitan development as well as the plausibility of land use and development projections.
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Abstract
In 1996 the board of directors of the Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) adopted a new regional plan to preserve the region''s spectacular environment and create a more efficient metropolitan area by concentrating growth in certain areas. The concentration would be achieved through a combination of zoning by the 18 cities that make up the district and the construction of several new rail lines. Although all the municipalities had agreed to the plan and it was, in theory, binding on them, there were many details still to be worked out. This case can be used to discuss the politics and economics of efforts to coordinate metropolitan development as well as the plausibility of land use and development projections.