Vancouver: Critical reflections on the development experience of a peripheral global city

Abstract

Highlights • Vancouver is acclaimed for its progressive approach to planning, particularly through the ‘Vancouver model’. • Its lifestyle metrics exceed many other cities’, particularly related to green space, cultural diversity & commitments to public transit. • However, economic underdevelopment associated with marginality within circuits of globalization undermine its position. • The housing crisis threatens the city's social sustainability, and socio-economic inequalities are increasingly evident