Sustainability in Greater Vancouver: Strategies for, and Barriers to integrating
    Economic, Social, and Environmental Dimensions through Urban Design.

Table of Contents
   
Introduction

    Part I: The Need for Sustainable Urban Form
       
        A. Environmental Design for Sustainability

•             Egalitarian Urban Design

•             Urban Design, Social Interaction, Diversity, and Difference

•             Environmental Design for Sustainability: Summary

    B. Sustainability, Urban Density, and Land-use Diversity.

    C. Location

    D. Policy Formation and Implementation for Sustainable Urban Form.

    E. Greater Vancouver Regional Sustainability Initiatives.

    F. Implementation of GVRD Sustainability Initiatives

Part II: Analysis and Accessment of Sustainability and Urban Form in the GVRD:
   
    A. ‘Increase Transportation Choice’
   
    B. ‘Build Complete Communities’

•         Achieving a  Mixture of Housing Types, Tenures and Costs.       

•         Building a Network of Centres with Job/Labour Force Balance.

    C. Local Factors Affecting GVRD Sustainability Objectives.
   
    D.A Focus on Vancouver and Surrey
   
    E.Other factors contributing to Surrey, versus Vancouver’s land-use
         and transportation patterns.

Part III: Barriers to Achieving a Sustainable Urban Form in the Greater
       Vancouver Region.
     
    A. Regional Barriers
   
    B. Barriers on a Broader Scale

•         Sustainability, World Cities, Marketing and Globalization.

•         Cultural and Perceptual Barriers

    Conclusions
   
    Bibliography
   
    Method
   
   Limitations of Analysis/Suggestions for Further Research  

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