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Lowes examines the conflict that arose between a Vancouver community and the civic boosters who wanted to move the Molson Indy Vancouver motorsport event to their neighbourhood park.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lowes, Mark Douglas, 1969-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, c2002.
Series:Indy Dreams and Urban Nightmares.
Subjects:
Community organization > Citizen participation > Case studies.
Urban economics > Case studies.
Sports and tourism > British Columbia > Vancouver.
Automobile racing > British Columbia > Vancouver.
Public spaces > British Columbia > Vancouver.
City planning > British Columbia > Vancouver > Citizen participation.
City planning > Citizen participation.
Automobile racing > British Columbia > Vancouver.
City planning > British Columbia > Vancouver > Citizen participation.
Community organization > Citizen participation > Case studies.
Electronic books.
Hastings Park (Vancouver, B.C.).
Public spaces > British Columbia > Vancouver.
Sports and tourism > British Columbia > Vancouver.
Urban economics > Case studies.
Courses automobiles > Colombie-Britannique > Vancouver.
Urbanisme > Colombie-Britannique > Vancouver > Participation des citoyens.
Espaces publics > Colombie-Britannique > Vancouver.
Économie urbaine > Études de cas.
Sports et tourisme > Colombie-Britannique > Vancouver.
Organisation communautaire > Participation des citoyens > Études de cas.
Urbanisme participatif.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development
Automobile racing
City planning > Citizen participation
Community organization > Citizen participation
Public spaces
Sports and tourism
Urban economics
Hastings Park (Vancouver, B.C.)
Hastings Park (Vancouver, C.-B.)
British Columbia > Vancouver
British Columbia > Vancouver > Hastings Park
Case studies
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:Lowes examines the conflict that arose between a Vancouver community and the civic boosters who wanted to move the Molson Indy Vancouver motorsport event to their neighbourhood park.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvii, 148 p.)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-146) and index.
ISBN:9781442670228 (electronic bk.)
1442670223 (electronic bk.)
9780802084989
0802084982

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