In this last of a series in The Tyee, Patrick Condon’s UBC students merge their ideas – city-wide concepts for connected centres, green jobs, a green grid, and connected habitat:
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… as the city becomes more efficient, more diverse, more intensely utilized, and a more equitable place to live, it also becomes a more convenient place to live. New more affordable housing options exist for the young and old. Naturalized recreation networks and “green streets” are brought close to every home. Getting around is easier, cheaper, accessible to all, and carbon free. Finally and most importantly, it’s affordable.
More affordable? As the experience in other cities reveal – such as Berlin – that’s not necessarily the result.
