Hi! In "Urban Quality Indicators" (UQI) - out Jan. 29th -
we look at how urban quality of life and sustainability
are being measured in Canada. Several comparisons are
made between Canadian and U.S. urban quality, including:
*Quality of Life Indicators: As Canadian as …, by Dennis Raphael
*Tale of Two Cities (Vancouver vs. Seattle), by Gordon Price
*Studying Cities: Canada’s Approach (excerpts), by Neal Pearce
*Canadian vs. U.S. Cities: selected indicators (in Data section)
Dennis, on the faculty at the U. of Toronto, is involved in several
Canadian indicators projects. Gordon, a Councillor for the City
of Vancouver, contrasts the skylines, traffic, densities, downtowns
and more of the two western cities. Neal’s comments are
excerpted from the Philadelphia Inquirer.
In addition, each of *4 other departments* in UQI
- Survey, Library, Data, Critique -
have news on urban indicators in Canada
(+ as always, many U.S. indicators & benchmarking happenings).
Plus, the *City Culture Map* features the City with the
Big Shoulders - Chicago (Part1).
People zones mapped include: ethnic, rich and deep poverty
neighborhoods, and places of violent crime, on-street prostitution,
and adult entertainment. Chicago (Part 2) in April will cover
other people zones of this huge and diverse city.
Recent features in UQI:
Issue
7 Neighborhood Indicators
6 Post-Materialistic Indicators
5 Measuring the New Urbanism
4 Attitude Surveys as Urban Indicators
3 FunkyTowns USA
Best wishes,
Cy Yoakam, editor
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