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Visioning diversity: Planning Vancouver's multicultural communities (2002)
| Content Provider | CiteSeerX |
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| Author | Lee, Joyce C. Lee, Joyce |
| Abstract | I hereby declare that I am the sole author of this thesis. This is a true copy of the thesis, including any required final revisions, as accepted by my examiners. I understand that my thesis may be made electronically available to the public. ii The roles and responsibilities of planners in managing culturally diverse cities are beginning to be articulated in the literature. “Visioning, ” as planners have used it in recent years, has the potential to help realize “multicultural planning ” because of its intentions to involve broad public participation and represent diverse interests, thereby promoting equity and facilitating democracy. This exploratory study examines how the City of Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada has involved ethnocultural groups through a visioning process. To date, four Vancouver communities containing a sizeable immigrant population have participated in preparing plans for their neighbourhood through the city’s Community Visions Program. Information for this study was gathered through a critical review of planning-related documents and key informant interviews with staff and community participants (including those of visible minority |
| File Format | |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2002-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Multicultural Community Planning Vancouver Community Participant Visible Minority Represent Diverse Interest Diverse City Key Informant Interview Critical Review Ethnocultural Group Multicultural Planning British Columbia Required Final Revision Sizeable Immigrant Population Visioning Process City Community Vision Program Broad Public Participation Recent Year Planning-related Document True Copy Sole Author Vancouver Community Exploratory Study |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
