{"id":358,"date":"2012-07-10T21:02:57","date_gmt":"2012-07-10T21:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brixwork.com\/realtors\/blog\/?p=358"},"modified":"2012-07-10T21:02:57","modified_gmt":"2012-07-10T21:02:57","slug":"vancouver-urban-forum-recap-from-jeff-kee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brixwork.com\/realtors\/vancouver-urban-forum-recap-from-jeff-kee\/","title":{"rendered":"A Recap of the Vancouver Urban Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Vancouver Urban Forum, by The Global Civic Policy Society and Sam Sullivan<\/p><\/div>\n

VUF (June 6th, ’12)<\/h4>\n

Few weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending the Vancouver Urban Forum<\/a> (#vuf on Twitter<\/a>) facilitated by the Global Civic Policy Society, thanks to the generous sponsorship by the Real Estate Foundation of British Columbia<\/a>\u00a0for local industry business people including myself. The former mayor of Vancouver, Sam Sullivan, is the founder of the Global Civic Policy Society, aimed at urban reform policies that make sense economically, sociologically, and environmentally.<\/p>\n

Great Speakers, Great Ideas<\/h3>\n

The array of speakers were diverse, entertaining and engaging. From economists to city planners, from scientists to sociologists, the highly experienced and qualified speakers were absolutely brilliant in their approach to finding a solution to some of the problems Vancouver (and other cities in our modern era) faces, and will face in the future, related to population growth, city infrastructure, construction and city planning policies, and affordability.<\/p>\n

Meet Edward Glaeser (Ph.D Economics)<\/h4>\n

One of the most notable speakers was a New York Times Best Seller and a current Harvard University Professor of Economics, Edward Glaeser<\/a>. Not only did he have a spectacular set of credentials as mentioned above, but his studies and viewpoints on urban densification and real estate prices across many North American cities were real eye openers, and he challenges the conventional and popular views on how to best control real estate building supply and purchase demand to make cities affordable – and it also shuts down some of the most common pessimistic scapegoats of real estate affordability in Vancouver.<\/p>\n

Here are two videos of Mr. Glaeser’s presentation at the VUF:<\/p>\n