TY  - GEN
TI  - Homelessness in the Livable City: Public Space Regulation in Olympic City, Vancouver's Poorest Neighborhood
AU  - Freiler, Alix
AU  - Holden, Meg
PY  - 2012
PB  - eScholarship, University of California
LA  - eng
KW  - Social and Behavioral Sciences
KW  - Vancouver
KW  - Urban Planning
KW  - Critical Planning
KW  - Canada
KW  - Public Spaces
KW  - Homelessness
AB  - This paper examines whether public space regulation changed around Vancouver's preparations to host the 2010 Winter Olympics, particularly in the poor neighborhood of the Downtown Eastside. We argue that Vancouver's desire to be competitive on the international stage has major effects on how public space is used and regulated. Any policy shift would have a disproportionate impact on the homeless, given that this demographic group is compelled to live their lives in public space. We find that changes have occurred, but the Olympics have acted as catalyst for such changes, not the sole driver. The spotlight provided by the Olympic Games has amplified a new round of power struggle between city government and the police department to set the policy agenda for tackling concentrated social problems. The outcome of this conflict will determine the future of public space regulation in post-Olympic Vancouver, and the extent to which a poor neighborhood and those who call it home can be included in a world class, livable city.
UR  - http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/5xf1g8m9
UR  - https://www.pollux-fid.de/r/base-ftcdlib:qt5xf1g8m9
H1  - Pollux (Fachinformationsdienst Politikwissenschaft)
ER  -