Comments on: “Wild Cities” – EcoMetropolitanism’s ambitious vision http://www.newresilient.com/2009/01/29/wild-cities-ecometropolitanisms-ambitious-vision/ Blogging from Canada on food, food policy and eating as activism. Sun, 11 Jul 2010 20:52:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mike Soron http://www.newresilient.com/2009/01/29/wild-cities-ecometropolitanisms-ambitious-vision/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Mike Soron Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:50:39 +0000 http://www.newresilient.com/?p=282#comment-24 Sadly, EJ -- comparatively speaking Vancouver has done excellent work with planning and is held up as an exemplar across the continent. Your points are all absolutely valid, of course -- but be careful about making the perfect the enemy of the good. I say this, especially, as someone coming from Calgary Alberta. For someone on the west coast (u of victoria, I see) I hope you're aware that we're still very far behind Vancouver/Victoria and are struggling to catch up. Has Vancouver's planning been perfect? Of course not. But come visit Calgary or Edmonton or Lethbridge sometime and it will become clear why the country turns to Vancouver for guidance. Sadly, EJ — comparatively speaking Vancouver has done excellent work with planning and is held up as an exemplar across the continent.

Your points are all absolutely valid, of course — but be careful about making the perfect the enemy of the good. I say this, especially, as someone coming from Calgary Alberta. For someone on the west coast (u of victoria, I see) I hope you’re aware that we’re still very far behind Vancouver/Victoria and are struggling to catch up.

Has Vancouver’s planning been perfect? Of course not. But come visit Calgary or Edmonton or Lethbridge sometime and it will become clear why the country turns to Vancouver for guidance.

]]> By: EJ http://www.newresilient.com/2009/01/29/wild-cities-ecometropolitanisms-ambitious-vision/comment-page-1/#comment-23 EJ Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:03:12 +0000 http://www.newresilient.com/?p=282#comment-23 It seems to me too that you have overlooked the endless sprawling suburbs, crime and rampant tazering, inversion prone topography and climate, water shortages coming up, transportation system based on individual vehicles. All major hurdles to what you describe. But yes the natural back drop is stunning. And the climate benign. It seems to me too that you have overlooked the endless sprawling suburbs, crime and rampant tazering, inversion prone topography and climate, water shortages coming up, transportation system based on individual vehicles. All major hurdles to what you describe.

But yes the natural back drop is stunning. And the climate benign.

]]> By: Ryan http://www.newresilient.com/2009/01/29/wild-cities-ecometropolitanisms-ambitious-vision/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Ryan Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:58:34 +0000 http://www.newresilient.com/?p=282#comment-22 Something interesting I find about Vancouver is the fact that though the big V has done an excellent job of city planning, the outlying suburbs/communities have taken full advantage of that fact and gone in the opposite direction. It seems to me that there needs to be regional frameworks for sustainable development, especially in the case of large cities--seeing as how developers (and Walmarts) will just move in outside the city limits and negate all that hard work. Something interesting I find about Vancouver is the fact that though the big V has done an excellent job of city planning, the outlying suburbs/communities have taken full advantage of that fact and gone in the opposite direction.

It seems to me that there needs to be regional frameworks for sustainable development, especially in the case of large cities–seeing as how developers (and Walmarts) will just move in outside the city limits and negate all that hard work.

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