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Patrick M. Condon

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The Convenience City Ultimatum

UBC students map their final four big ideas for a sustainable Vancouver by 2050. A series conclusion.

By Patrick M. Condon, 20 Mar 2012

opinion

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Rules for Protecting our Common Place

What makes residents feel attached to Vancouver? UBC students find 'arterials' key to city's heart.

By Patrick M. Condon, 14 Mar 2012

opinion

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Vancouver's Demographic Time Bomb

UBC landscape architecture and planning students ponder how to keep the kids, house the old, and share the equity pie.

By Patrick M. Condon, 8 Mar 2012

opinion

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A City that Runs on Itself

Cut greenhouse gas emissions dramatically? UBC students envision building this into Vancouver's future.

By Patrick M. Condon, 1 Mar 2012

opinion

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Vancouver in 2050: Transit City

Team of UBC landscape architecture and planning students envision getting around easily, sustainably. Second in a series.

By Patrick M. Condon, 22 Feb 2012

opinion

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Making Vancouver Work for Everyone

How 17 landscape architecture and planning students at UBC envision a sustainable city by 2050. First in a series.

By Patrick M. Condon, 15 Feb 2012

news

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Seven Rules for Right Here, BC's Lower Mainland

The author of 'Seven Rules for Sustainable Communities' adapts his formula to fit BC's most populous region. Last in a series.

By Patrick M. Condon, 13 Oct 2010

news

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Why Cheaper Streets Are Smarter Streets

Rule 7 for sustainable communities: invest in lighter, greener, cheaper, smarter infrastructure.

By Patrick M. Condon, 7 Oct 2010

news

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When Neighbourhoods Work With Nature

Rule 6 for sustainable communities: Create a linked system of natural areas and parks.

By Patrick M. Condon, 6 Oct 2010

news

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Why 'Illegal' Suites Are Good for the Planet

Rule 5 for sustainable communities: Provide a diversity of housing types.

By Patrick M. Condon, 30 Sep 2010

news

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You Don't Have to Spend Your Life Stuck in Traffic

Rule 4 for sustainable communities: Locate good jobs close to affordable homes.

By Patrick M. Condon, 29 Sep 2010

news

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How to Get People Out of Their Cars

Rule 3 for sustainable communities: Locate commercial services, frequent transit and schools within a five-minute walk.

By Patrick M. Condon, 23 Sep 2010

news

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Cul-de-sacs: Dead Ends in More Ways Than One

Rule 2 for sustainable communities: Design an interconnected street system.

By Patrick M. Condon, 22 Sep 2010

news

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Why a Streetcar Is Something to Be Desired

Rule 1 for sustainable communities: Restore the streetcar city.

By Patrick M. Condon, 16 Sep 2010

opinion

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Seven Rules for Sustainable Communities

How city design can help save the planet. First in a series from a vital new urban planning handbook.

By Patrick M. Condon, 15 Sep 2010

opinion

Vancouver Blows Its Olympic Village Opportunity

Southeast False Creek was to be a world-class showcase of green livability. The dream is about to be sold short.

By Patrick M. Condon, 15 Mar 2004