Age of the Competitive City, The - Erb and Caroline, Waterloo ON: In-Context Series.
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Age of the Competitive City, The - Erb and Caroline, Waterloo ON: In-Context Series.
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As a mid-sized city growing into an influential global player, Waterloo is using architecture as an economic driver in a strategic plan for prosperity.  Canadian society is changing. Canada has become the fastest growing country in the G7, and two-thirds of our population growth is coming from immigration. Now, seven out of every ten Canadians live in big city regions that represent almost 90 per cent of the country's population growth. It is clear that the future of Canada is based largely around its big cities, a phenomenon unlike anything we've ever known in this country. This growth has brought new wealth and opportunity, and along with it, all of the challenges that come with big change. Issues of social inequality, increased poverty levels and environmental damage are constantly boiling to the surface of Canadian politics. Our response will be apparent in our architecture - in what we build and what we leave behind. Our challenge is to design cities and neighbourhoods that can act as the critical foundation for Canada's prosperity. In-Context traveled across Canada collecting stories of real people and places, to report on the impact of recent architecture projects at the foreground of this great evolution of Canadian cities.
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