Citizen City focuses on the latent potential of cross-sector partnerships among private developers, non-profits and various levels of government in attempting to harness a portion of the wealth created in the real estate development process to achieve socially valuable urban planning goals: meeting the needs of the community s most vulnerable members, providing affordable housing and creating community amenities to promote a vibrant urban culture.
The book highlights the success and failures of such partnerships with case studies of ten Vancouver, BC, building projects. The...