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Habitat United Nations Conference on Human Settlements • Vancouver1976 Prime Minister tours Forum site • A visit to an on-site sawmill, a time and material being con Projea worl
• ADDRESS ,H 911qul11Nlo C.,._,t' , HAl!IITA.1' BULLETIN ft produc St�ret,rlal, 111, 'ed by th• c,nadlan Htblltl dl•n Hat,Uat Habitat Floor, Lord Elgin Plaza. ee s111w Secretariat. It It lnt4Nldtd toc:on · ,91,-t, Ottawa K1P 5H1 fl timetable for ,v,y. lnfo.111&1fon on Ca11adlan tnd ' . U,H. preparations fof H1bltat. �nd • I 1976 UN and national ·"' .ncourag• the Involvement of Ottawa, February. · r 8 non-9overnm.ni.r o g1nl1at1on1 Bulletln No. preparation ·ane1lndlvldual Canadian• !n thete I prapar1llons. . l!XTRA COPIES, 11119!1 or , In i'oaaonable quantl Uta, or• • · ..Habit "" of clt1rg1 from tM drell below. lnlernellontl
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...... We,CI '-- 31.J • l>ltlrlbUIIOII, ,1n�I UN Habitat r 21.4 l>ocu...... ,•ft°" 31 Secretallat as well as rehabllltatlon p ocedures, and In Untied Nottono En•lf'Oftmtfll various federal departmente and provision· of publlc;ly-owned com- Pfc>Qt•m Qove,n,&g CouncJI, provincial g_overnments. munitv recreation facilities. Nol•ol>I :SO,)• 14.4 The conference recommended The conference called fo r a that the public be given access to national land vse policy that WOYld llrbar•Wini ...,..,.IOur31-' - Unl.,.d N•tlo,.. ln•lronmont pJans w_ell In advance of BflY �m- take into account propolH!d urban 21.� ''�''"' Go•ornl1111 C°""cll, m11me11t to their Imp ementation. o Holrobl 30:3 • 14.4 l development, the pr&servati n of An e11ah.1ati_on , of the sot;ial Im- agricultu ral · land fo r agricultural MH llng ot Mar.on, NIian tt-17 C•11•d•-US aympo•hint. pact of-any given develop:rient was use and th a p r ov ls lon or Wlndoo<•Oelrclt 4 - , called fo r. Ttils would assist In the recr�tional areu. · Settlement of public &valuation and would lead to the land clafm's of the native more responsible action by both peoples was given very high r r PNp,rotory C-ll!M public and p ivate entilrp lse. A priority. MMtlng, ve,,cw,..- n-2, 'policy of strong regional develop- community counci_ls. reler.enda H1blt,u Fo,um 27.S. 11.1 men! was ravou reg by most and publfc hearings are all avenues H1bltot 3l.�11.. delegates. for ciUz_en particTpa1lon and a Polley decisions are carried out government·pollcy or citizen aceess HobllotFonJftl 27 I.I.I-1 by various Institutions and 11gen- Hobllat 31.1-11.I to fnformatlon would have long- @ cies. The Identification of centres of term benefits: An active monitoring declslon-mak'ing power. witn by NGOs of the Canadian govern- respect to funds for human ment poattlon at Ha�ltat was sel_d to settlements programs waa sug- be an important aspecl or public gested. Th.e government Itself Is participation In the ongoing discus- an Institution and tha "flt" of the slon of human settlements issues. e r thre levels - federal. p ovincial, Broad support was upressed NGO Conference stresses municipal - la Important. The lor the Canadian International que,tion at the Intermediary level Is oevelopment Agency's (CIDA) whether organizational structure public participation p_rograms 1n th.e ileld of. 111ter- • ehould bt designed to ft\M••· � netlon·at -c·o�b'llet'llltolt'. th� ·1t'"'*•'..:,,,,.___ fund,u� !>OutcV.:.ii or tu ri·uUch 'S,\,,lijQY:StcO, nowe;,1e• to u,c,��-sa \ • local ere.as ot need. on•site evalulitlon ol projects and Housing is a r1g111 of every per- umrzatlon ot 1oca1 NGOa 10 car-ry . son,· declared the delegates, and out pro9rams . PuDllc partlclj).&Uon at all stagee. The conference, held In Ottawa should tie lreatod more as a The Honourable BarneyDanson. • In the creation ol a human Decembe r 11. 12 and· 13, was resource, less as a market <;om- Minister of State tor Urban Affairs, e r r settl mema policy lo Canada and attended by ove 2�0 delegates In modlty. There are aoctal priorities and- o·r; Enr,que Penalosa, UN the Implementation ol tnat policy at cluding repres.8ntatlves of 117 -1he elderly, the llandlcapped, the secretary General tor Habitat the community level, were the two national NGOa an.d 77 regional economically ,disadvantaged - opened the conltrence. "What i topics attracting most attention at NGOs. Hosts for the conference where housing must be provided, hope will emllfge In the naKt two r r t>y government r the Canadian NGO Conle ence on we e the Canadian Natlonal Com ln1e ve11tlon If days•·. Mr. Danson told the Hu m11n Settlements. Clotely mitteeand the-Canadian NGO Par necessary,Th era Is great scope for deegates "is advice criticism end reialed was 11'19rehabilitation of ex llclpatlon Group. Rej)res entallvff ovement In energy cone8fVlng l lmpr, fnformatl�n that can °help to i,hape isting naighbourhooc;a, were l)l'aaent from the Canadian 0•11g n, Ill n e lg h b our h ood Canada's role at the otficlal con ference, and more Important ... will sha.p e the wa.y Can adtan governments handle human settlements tss� In the . yeB!'a ahead." A lull report of � conference·ls now available and "'(Ill be aentfree ' 'I . . of char� on request. • . . .:...- -- - HABITAT-·
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A tu/I complement of H�bital officialS parti�fpate
Procedure must not override substance, warns Swedish Minister •
Labour Minister lngemund General Assembly seaaions of He said many countries prior to our first priority," he utel, adding. 8$ngtsson of Sweden who ctillired 1963°67, said someUN delegations Stockholm knew little or nothing however, Iha! one Should not dis the 1972 Stocktlolm Conference on were more cpncerned with rulet of about envlronmentar problems but regard the environment around the Environment says the worst procedures· than the subjectmatte, lhey had to find out when they were one's• home. part of presiding over a conference ai hand. , asked to submit national reports. "Wtien you heve nothing, then !Ike Habitat Is the Job few people He seld the c�rman of any UN "The o.utcome 01 a conference you don't think toomuch about the see, whictl consists of working conference hu to be "very depends on the preparation of 118 environment around you," he aald. behind the scenes at theend of the famma;" with ruleS of procedures. documents," Mr. Bengtason .said. "You can be happy If you ltien get dally sessions 10 ·"find solutton• .A Member of Parliament of the He predicted that at Habitat th.a two rooma end • kitchen: but after' and compromise.a." Socia! Democratic Party since developing countries would conie -a while Iha environment around Mr. Bengtsson, who wu Minleter 1951, r,4r-. Bengtssonmet fe!),'uary to grips with the �entlals of the you b«om• very lml)Oft8nt." Of the Environment and tleadof Ills 12 with Urban Affairs Min ster • i Cooterence. namely the lsaua Of country's delegation at Stockholm, Barney Danson, Who as head of tt:ie basic shelter. since this wu one acknowledged that the chairman of Canadian delegatfon to Habftat wm which concerned them the most an tnternalioruit UN conference hu preside over the Vencou\•er Mr. Bengtsson said one of the to be almost SOiomon-iika tn hit Conference. more tangib le results of Habl1at rulings. The Swedllll Labour Mln, was that fl would Improve the type rn an Ottawa lntaNI- during tne ..ld adequate prepa,a!ion fer a UN of environment that would. "g!Ye courseof anofficial llfslt to Canida. confenince WM 'WfY lmponent.• people
• • In Alberta liaa been _,e dl'iided 1n10 TN queation provlcleS • Thoto present how to Involve . the man on the -crier The Habitat Bulletin of "wo,kshopa•· In wlllell torum tor articles by pe0pl8 with a number . streetIn the dlecuaslon of urban ;1. proposals w.era dlscuased by st/mu-fating vi•w• on hum11ri the with sues, growth management and t>a our those most vllally concerned Tile Alberi« sett1-rnenr11 1,sues. Thi• 1/mfl The rancher lanced development the future of the area. lppotn contrlbulor (s Sanford Sydneu, his operation NGO Steering Committee The Vancouver Symphony Alberta Division of w shing to 81Cpand Committee to ct,airman ol II/fl i eyball w th the en ted a Program Qrarr,t,'wat,-·... a.undef the sponsorship Planning Associa met eyeball to i project that w6uld do /he Community who Insisted that �rry oui a olPlacer �'elopmentLimited and tion In Caneda·. Mr. S','dne,sis 1/ao vtronman1anst J11at 1hi8. Whal they have propased ra11chlng b& curtailed and the the Council,� will undertake a mt_mber ot the Alberta NGO not only IS a serl� of ten public meeting,In May. Concena habitat of the wlld animals a � tourthis Sfffrin(J Comrillttff tor Habitat. 1ands be wldely aaparated centr,es in order gMID in Ott8wil. Montreal, beretained but addlt1ona1 · concerns of the • will tie eittenslon. The to . sample the W°!flnipeg. Edmonton and provided' for A spring aasemt>ly T«
The Journal of Commerce, a Vancouver-based pubUcallon, 1'181 been ask� by tile United iialions lo publish a dally Journal of Conference events thtoughoul Habitat wttll ,a rotal of 15 issues In all. JoeWllltelleild. pubUsher ol the Journal ol CQmmerce, will have cive
N ,S . Karen Hatcher, Age 11 Dartmouth,
• As the children see it The Youth Dimension Program, designed lo Involve Canadian school-age children In preparll! �c�Q�_r_9reed -=-=-rn�a��- tlons lor Habitat, has h.adan enlhu ;y. slestlc response, • Mol'C Co.TS �oY-< 150,000 Information kits were mailed to educators and teachers .,. 0 0 0. -,... Y'Y\. c.-."I" S · across the country to ask about :rILJ f .f'O t h,Q. ')(' lheir interest In human settle ' . "'JI ments. to enquire about current ac v,,-,.o "e. Y· t.lvltiesIn their area, and to encou rage them to undertake special projects with their students, which total 5.1 million across the country. A computer run-through ·01 two thousand of the .cards so far retur ned shows a strong intiirest by the teachers with mariy Ideas and sug gestions, to sllmutate classroom discussion.
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Al.&.WM "4C•L� ...,. • TfM.lellet ,.�,...... Dear lmprove!'11, Here in Whllith01'118 we have two parks and one museum, but a law • more things might be ·userul. In order to·· expand and support ourselves we would need lo grow But this Is difficult becaute of therood. short growing seasonand .costs of shipping. We could uee ore and wood but we would stilt have the · high c;oat In setting up Iha In dustries, and again In shipping out the product The best thing to do . seems to be to stay at the same ------PGIM,lfation. ... ., • - • --c-,,,• • ""' -..-- Rob
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As in a pla , the central r all .passes a wide background ofjour Also reporting to Don Peacock Is To MIian characters n the Habitat nalistic experience.Prior IQ his sti_nl Chris Burke who ca,ne from the A change of another kind In the reorganiiation have now been with the Canadian Mlgh Commis Ministry Of State for Urban Affairs Secretariat slatt has been mar-ke
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Richard Acquaah-Harrleon. a Frank Ma.yrs.Chief of the Design -™- �- Toronto planning c»nsultant. came Section ot tne El!poslttons Branch to l'lelp draft the Canadian Natlonal ·at InformationCanada who cteslQn· ed Canada's partlclpatlOl'.I at Expo • • Committee·s· r.eport based on a aeries of 16 public meetings held 11'1 '70 In Ollilkil, ls lo Vancouver u the Fall ol 1975. Creative Olra.ctQr tor tha • SuzanneOesFIIYl6res, who came Secrettrlal to the Secretariat from Treasury Claude Servant. as Director or Board, remains Senior Polley Installations, Is responsible for 111 Plannl119 Officer to., tl'te Secretarial the pPlyslcal lnstallatlona to be used by dele;ates and med a rapresen Helene Gendron ht the liaison of• i llc:er and coordinator ror the tatlves. - National Exhibit tobeset up In Van Or. VernWleler It Sen10,-AdvllOI' couver. Tne modular exhibit will In' Vanc;ouver tor the Partldpallon .. have Q(aphl(:and vis.uaJ rnputt from Program of Iha Canadian Habit1t the provinces on problems and Secretariat and ReginaId Rose, solutions to human settlements In wno organized ,the 1973 Pacitlc Canada. Economic Conference, ts . Senior Virginia Hambly who joined Consu.ltl!n.t .to the Assocle;t1 Habitat from the Special Programs Commissioner-General. Branch of the Canadian Inter AISoIn Vancouver, Dean.MIiiar of national Development Agency Is Iha publlc relaUons firm l)ean . -.. .. stilt the- public participation liaison MIiler. Company Ltd. will continue officer. She co-ordinates the Youth to handle Western regional media • "II'�,,,. ,o gel <;aug/>I UP in (M ••clf�M dM p,om,se of Hlb/1M' 76.. . Dlme11sion Program, the actfvflles refatfons lor Ille Secretariat, btJtwe nu,�H d the f11mJtu1•.111:st ••• ,. of ttie Canadian Natlonal Coill reporting 10 Pat Carney. mltteeand the Provinc:!al Par'tlclpa Diena Lam has lolned the • tl6o Progiam as weU as being the Secretariat'sVancouver oiflce as a arrangemenl8 for the delegatlona Habitat actlvlties, Robert Munro. CHS liaison with the Canadian NGO Community Reliltlons co7or.dinator r11p,:_esentrno the 140 member na Olrector ot BIiaterai.and Mullllateral P«ticipatlon Group. to maintain open lines l>etw"nIha tions ol the UN who wllf attend re(a!ions er MSUA, joined the Janet McDonald remains Ad Secretar iat and the B.C. Haort:>I Secre1aria1 as Co-ordinator or m In I st r a H v e orr1cer 1or 111a community at 1arge. Jim MecNel\re Office i.e alllO tn•natlonal Mall"&, Secr.tartaland..,..llie «ganlzec Gall oanon la Pat C11meya nl,w taken on f'&lnforcemants. Dave Aryeh Cooperstock remain, and recorder for tna numerous Executive Asal:stant. She will IIIMJ Dunlop. former Executive Assistant Program Director.A former univer public and Internal meetlnga con serve In that capacity to Don to two Secreiarles of MSUA, and sity' professor of urban affairs, he nected with Habitat. Peacock when Ile e/temales from Director of MSUA's Urban Manage was Principal Plennar. ModelCiUes .Lorraine Bouliane remains Ad· his Ottawa office. to Vancouver. men t Training & Service, l>rogram,Office of the Mayor, New mlnietratfve Offiber of Finance for Writer Jacki Woll has Joined the Prog re.ms. nas Joined the York City. the Secretarial Vancouva, office to co,ordlnate the Commissioner-General as his Dr. Pater Nlctio1son remains a media handbook to be given to all S�al Asslslanl. John Cox, Direc Pr.ogram Officer in the Secretariat 111 V1ncou.er Jou.rnallst.s covering tile tor of Prioritiaa and· Planning at witn rMponsibility for the produc In Vancouv.ar, Carl Pederson, Conference. MSU A.- has aJso Joined the tion of tne four Canadian audlo who came from an External Affairs Secretariat II'\ the same c.epaclty. vlsual presentations ·IO tl'le Habitat posli� abroad, is Deputy Dlreotor · Md In New,Yant Gary Hal pin. a professional Conference. He was also klened to Generel of the Host Program, .In New York. Ernest Lolgnon. a engineer, came from t.ha the United Nations for threemonths Foreign Servioe Officer In ttl11 Corterence Boa,d In Cana.de lo to lielp prepare papers for the Department of External Affairs, assist M·r. Cox In the overall Co,iference. re.m.ilns the Llatson ONlc.er scheduling and oo-Ofdlnation ol .Maribeth Morris r8!Q'alna between the Canadian Habitat Sectotarlat and the UN Habitat aa Prografri Officer at the Secretariat, where she has been Secret�rlll since 1973. Mary Pearson came from tha , Department of the Secretary of State t
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• c«nadlan Settlement and Envl Th• Parasltta· OuMumber Iha Allee of the ronmentaf Plannlrrg by 01". Series H01111 by Chris Burke, Editor developa Dr. of papers looks at the Coeman. This paper Serles. This paper l land-use patterns role of iha servicesector Coleman·, oh,nging · and In applying 11 to the expl,ores economy and 11, Importance approach, urban issues ol the scene ral�es • wide In urban d8','elopment planning. Canad Jan range of key questions on land use This month. the first Urban Proa• pies from the Ministry of State for People Do II Afl The Tlrrteby !'IOI· and settlement planning. pects Papers will be distributed. Urban Affalra which a producing This paper addres· l lie Thompson. by ON/gn by Penlna This Is a series of papers on urban the series. ses the potential and the successet Heritage lasuea. aimed This is a plea for h.e at an eudlence first paper wtll be entitled ol community entarprlee In Ca eoopersmlth. somewhere The flOI merely In the m·useum be'-"n the academic Canadian Satilemant,: Pe't'SpflCt/· nada, and proposes means by rilage. and the popular. The primary sense, but es part of the everyday �es. Bl'ld ls.a series of rea.dlngs as, Which it can be encouraged. audience Is off-lclal1, elected world, to provide variety. character Mmbled and edited by Or. Ian our town, and representatives, consultants and Jackaon, former Qlr�or-Generat Hlndt;ight lnro the Furure by John and famlllarl1y In corporate executtvea wnoM dally of the Participation Program'ln the Kettle. A forecast 10 the year 2000, cities. work 1, related to urban planning Canadian Habitat Secretariat. The · assessing the social and polltlca! Anot1n1r doze" papers are In va and d8Yelooment. a user• readings . are organized according implications, and Including rious stages of preparation, and It guide to roracaatrng. Tne papers will bedistributed to to the major themes of Habitat. � hoped that most of them wlll be a mailing 11st of approximately Othe, papers to be distributed In available prloc' to Habitat. 3,000, end others m•y obtain co- tt1e next couple of months Include:
• , • . The flight to the cities - new film shot around the world
A 60-mlnute global lllm on Location ahota ware taken human sentemente, •• yet lacklng_ a between June and September In formal tltle. ls In the llnal technical Canada, the U.S., Poland, processing stage wlih I r.le8" Venezuela, Slno111ora, Indonesia. date set et the end of Maren. Turkey and Senegal. Shot In color tut summer on The main theme of the lllm lathe locallonaaround the world. the fllm lntemel migration or people from lllu1tra1e1 man's reaourcefuln rural to urb·an areas which h.. when confronted with Pf'Oblema for become an almost universal which he must rind aolu.llona. The phenomenon. lesues of tnlgratlon a11d ur Through this Issue, all othM con banlzallon are alto dealt with. cerns are focuaed, su.ch aa Tne fllm wasjointly fundedby the houatno, planntno and NFS and tna Canadian Habitat d4Mllopmant, employment.,n..itn .. Secretariatat e cost of nearly half a care, education and trailaport.atlon. mlff1on dollars. Barbara Ward Jack• eon, well-known aulhor and envl· ronmentallat, acted aeconaultant.
• • • •• • • 7. - ..tJtt.. .. . • • -·.••• • Kempong improvementprogram, Jel 8 Bib/Joous Into ranc/10&, Ca,.caa,' Vane.rue,. Marginal employment with recycled, sand-cast aluminum, Dakar. s.negal •' - ·- . --- C NC recommendations include Commons debate prior to Habitat , The Canadian National Com mC>mentum and opportunity budgetary cu.ta acted lln - that talid zoned as agricultural mitte9 for Habitat has come out tn be continued In that clasalflca provided by th.e Ha blta·I fa:vou,ably on CNC's efforts; support of a House of Commons Conference will be lost." Offficult to convincepeople that tion wherever J)O$$lble. The lm debate on Canada's preparetlons The views and recommendattons a UN conference can credibly p ll caII on of rezoning of tor the Habitat Conference and the of the CommiUee, wholWmembers pursue International under agricultural land for ocher pur nation's general position at Van were appointed by the Minister of standing and promote a sense poses should be taken much couver. S,tate ror Ur!)an Affairs. are solely or inte1na!iona1 morality when more seriously by .the This r!)COmmendatlonwas one of governments concerned; thei� and do not reflect those of the UN General Assembly itself SCV4!Jrat made by the TS-member lhe Government of Canada. displays contrary tendencies; - lhal governmenlll continue and Com·mittee chaired by Senator The recurringthemes heard dur - CNC surprised by "Very llmtied extend land banking acllvltles. Sidney Buckwold of Saskatoon. ing tne September 11 to'November ln-depfh discussion of housin1( A properly at;imlnlaiered land ··w.e believe ltlat a debate on 30 lour during whel'l the Committee during most public meetings; banking prog1am will control l escatalfng land prices; C.anada's role at Vancouver, received 212 briefs. wer.e: the shor - CNC dlaappolnted at not hear f)t'esumably taking place shortly tage ol housing; the ua.e of l•nd, It& Ing more from social action - tl'lat the ne,ct major phase °' before HabHat. would be a ownership and planning: growth groups; housing legtslatton be dlrected desirable element In the prepara management; the Impact of the CN_C disappointed at lhe towards the restoration and Im• tory pr<>Cfls,"sayii the repon to the · provemen1 of exlsllng houlllng while man's way oflire on lhenatjve , coverage provided by lhe mass Minister or S1a1e tor Urban Alfalra peopl!!:the conservalic?n of energy; media; in old81' netghbourhooda; to be released on FetiNary 29, I™! quality of life; citizen par - that Iha federal govttmment In - lrilernalional aspec\s of human tlclpatton: Iha-needs or chUdren; ln The CNC Report, summing up settlements not discussed ade consullatlon wltl1 the cftf", ternauonal cooperation; ano tran the views and recommendations quately; provlnolal governmenr, and In made to the Committee during 16 sportation, dustry. formula18 an Immigra p1,1bllc meetings held In tl)e tall ot The following are �me of the - Lltue comment heard of con tion policy tnai wiU be relevant tribution that could be made by 1975, also recommends that non views of the Commili.&e. for each r419ion; goverhmental n1prosentative.s be Canadian educattonal In - CNC activities failed lo attract stitutions to training of totBign - that there should be a positive Included in the Can(ldlan delega of the people fl hoped to many stUdanta; policy encouraging aaelstance tion to the Habitllt Conference• . hear from: tn financ ng to the lnhebitants of - "Tile heady wine o.f public par i The Gommlttee stressed that Methods 01 s�urlng grtl8s0 small towns &flCI rurat Canada; llclpalion ol �he sh,ties haa · thought' the r must be given to whllt rools involvement mu�I be becon,9 the ffoi beer of the that the tederar gove nment federal government will do follow more innovative than establish• seventies... people weary, reintroduce the Canadian ing tiie end of the. May 31 to June ed techn./ques such es public U.rban Demonstration Program frustrated and skeptical about r · meetings; t 1 Co11/e ence. participation·•. or a similar program. "Habitar snould be an oppor - The Federul government's The re some of the tunity IO'r a new begfnhing, not an canceUalion ol the S100 million following we ' end In Itself," Mid the Aclport. Canadian Urban Oemon1tret1on policy recom�auona in-,. by .. the Comm"1ee In Its Report. r Program (CUOP) as a reault of It said tl1at unless othe struc- that the lederal government, In and processesare·creeted !or - 1\lres consullallon with tow Income the years ahead to replace ttJose �oups. deytse a polley stllte initiated for the Conference, then ment on low Income housing "there is a very r st ong riSk. and settingout .specific goals for the even a lhat much of probabillly, the next five years and the meansto achieve· them: - Conference of mayors to be held in Milan Six weeks before Habitat, an IJN Habitat Secretary-Geoeral Canada as the h�I country -·The urban transport theme ts ex event will take place in MIian which Enrlq\ie Peiliil�sa cone!d&ra the has released Or. Ian Jackson, pected lo attracr particular atten. may have far-reaching fmpilcatlons Milan meeting svch ar important Olrector-G&neral of the Canadian tlon since ihe famed MIian Trade tor the Habitat Conference end element ol the Habitat preparatory �rtlclpattoo program of the Can·a Falr, one of the most r1;1nowned In tieyond. process tllat he will be going th,re dlan Habitat Secretariat, to help or Europe, will be h!lld at the. same· , r The Conference of Mayors of tne to llddr!iss the conference ganize the Conference. O . JackSOfl time and one ot IIJ;: maJor .exl'llblls SPl!Cl&I attention ts being given took up his new duties February wlll be devoted to public transport. .world"s largest oltf.. wffl draw an t. In tha months leading up to the anticipated 500 municipal oNlclals to the Milari meetfi:tg by the UN Sessions at the Mayors Confe MIian Conference he wilt aller.nate to the northern Italian cfty April 15- Habitat Secretariat because ol the rence wJll be simultar1eously 17. Important role tha!. must t!e.ptayed betweenMIian. New York and \lan translated Into seven languages: couv.er as well as undertake a A statement summarizing the by the municipal level of govern Italian. French. English, German, so heavy travel sc:l'ledule ln Europe vlilws of world mayors and urging ment In the lutton or hum.an Spanish, Ausslan and Arabic. settlemenl problems. and North Amer ca. International cooperation at the i The Conlere11ce Is being Jointly It la also expected that many of The Mllsn Conference ·Will have aponspred by three major organi munlcipal revel ts. anticipated from four main themes. They are: the Mayo,.. Conference and wm be the mayors who will be at MIian will :zatlona; Tt-ieCooper a!)on Centre - deli\'wed to Habitat by the mayor of b.e membere of the naU.onal 1. Urban transport World Clites (MIian): The Interna MIian. delegations of the cou111rtes they 2. Municipal financing tional Union of Local Authortttea represent. 3. Public participation (The Ha9ua): and the F6d6ratton 4. ��ration of cltlea In deve- Mondlate Clea Vlllee Jumel6ea 1 opI I) g and developed (Parle). C Provinces gear up their activities in the home stretch• to Habitat AC11vlty In provlncial clrcl.. In aemon11(ation projects at varloua Ontario Qutbec euppoi1 of Hablblt ls progreaslng at centres. As -11. 76 of those 1•1 Canada-US symposium EarlyApril Is t1le target date for a end Urban Oevelopmerjt(HUD) and. may have a ron·g-term effect on Issue is that Canada's recreational two-day joint U.S.-Canadian aym in Canada by the CanadianHabitat. border activity. The employment services· are widely used by p.osiu'm on "Human Settlement ·Secretariat. question will deal principally with Americans anCanadians provide large audiences Section (NARS) or the lnfernetion11l for U..S, televiiilon programs and Federation fof Housing and Plann whether this "Ameriaanb:alion" ·of ing (IFHP) and Is supported 111 the C•n•dlana Is good or bad. Another U.S. by tf\e Departmerrt of-Housing 10 - The Quebec-Windsor axis: community or conglomerate? • Main Street It a newbook by the economicde'felopmen1, Interacting merclallam, brings to mind a geographer, Maurice Yeatt41. .ltla a flows and cornmvnlcatlon/tran&- lamlllar, unthreatenlng world of comprehensive assessment of con 1>ortat1on channel,, the ,iructure casual bu! gralllylng · encounters dlllona In the e,rea between Wind of government and finance. Much with friends and neighbours. sor · and Quebec City. olherwtae of what Is discovered It not This difference as far as the sub• ldentlfled as "lhe axla". The book, slilrtllng, but -nevertheless he$ s1ance of the book Is concerned la ambltlous In design and structure valu� In the aamiiway ihat a go_od not merely a matter or semantics. Is about a slice of Canada that ha� novel h04da up a mirror to our lives. No evidence 1$ Invoked to suggest over fifty-live percen1 (1971) of the and In so doing leads us to nl!WIn that the transition from axis to Main country·s popula(lon and contains sights. Street ho ln fact been made; arid' closvto three.quarters of Canada·, Other_ findings contain surprises. fhe Intensity of all lho� Intriguing manufacturing employment. Small towns and cities consume telephone calla aild lilrplane ride, has tingled out do not yet translate Into genuine Tl'lls-area been more land par person than big for apeolal 11tudy primarily for two places. One-half of all the urban poat-lnctwtrlal urban Ille." To the fraternif/1. r-easons: it is perceived to be an latidrequired In the axis. to theyear auttior·s credit. .ha -does not rely on This le an ·lml)O!tant bookwhich are.a which Ish ighly Integrated, with 2001 could be bought for S1.12 statlstlc11I devices alone. but eatta Is blessed wltll superb crafts Its p.arts lnexlrlcably bound bllllon 11971 prices). flenllng a t'ils llght upon the real forcea that manship. II should enjoy a wide together by flows of people. goods, l'louae ,, leea expensive than buy affect the QJowth and location of and diverse eudi!)flce, as well 111 mon� and messages of all kinds. Ing In the first 10 years o1 a family's high order melropolltan functions: much more adequate critical treat� And It Is defined as an entity that for e1d$1enc:e. "At lea.st twenty-elghl bank head .offices, etQ!;k &JC· ment than Is po1181ble In a ehort good or 111 dominates tha re1t of percent of the difference In house ch.angea, eor poratton head revJ __ The l>ocik la aleo of lntere8t Canada, pr-Ices between Montreal ·and qliar'lers, etc. u a publishing event. It represanta "It I• the purpo1e ol th11 Toronto Is related to the costof Hr• ?rofesaor 'l'eiltea leaves no an eflort ln �eratlon between monograph." the author explains, viced Iota." About two -thirds of all doubt that there may be good lta aponaor. the Ministry ol State for ·10 document the extant of the unit• ol local admlnlatratlon are reason to b11 COl)ternect about the Urban Affairs. lntormatlon Canada, domination of the urban are'a1 ·specialbodies", separate from ... lnlenslfyl11g domlnatlon of the axis. and MacMIiian of Canada. under betweenWindsor and 0tiebecover tabllshed governments.. But the queatlon of whll1 are the the terms of the federal theCanadian economy, to &llamlne The wofk Interprets the future appropriate put;,lle policy co-publl1hlng program, varlallons In the eirtent of urbanism through a number of forecasts responses 1, raised only cursorily, • Len o.tl• within this axis, to Indicate waY.aIn which provide a range of albeit provocatively. It remains an Unlwnllty qt Watettoo which these lntemal and extenl&I postlblll\les but conjure up a com open question. patterns of urban dominance· are mon ctestlny which fulllla present The courrterpotnt of the terma chanolno and to comment uPon tand811cl&1. - and "onward .to the 'ihe a)ds" and "Main Slreet" ratsee possiblefuture patternswhich may an Interesting con.jeoture. The first be emerging." is c.oJCI. teclfn1ca1 end stirs uncom 11 pureued In fortable polftlcal mamo,1.n; I Tl\\1 � the • terms ot sbc themei: the form of · NCOndla warm, human, happy. It 11 Mttlement, population cha1199 and a community Image whleh, lor all 119 growth, tt)e UM ol land, houalng, uaoclat lon "1Wlth. 8abbltry .and com- Barbara Ward tours Canada • ,; The.Barbara Ward lecturelour ol PubNc Administration whleh or e ght Canadian centres, postponed ganlzea the ·cu.fiord Clark Ottawi Wed1*411)'. March 31 i Quebec City (French) laal November • wlll 11et un Memorial Serles under which MIS$ Frkfay, April 2 derway on Maren 2i with • nlf!th Ward wlll give· lectures In Onawa. Toronto Monday, April S city added to Iler tpeaklng Quebec City, Toronto, Wlnnl1>8Q, Winnipeg Friday, April 9 engagements. Calgary, Victoria, Montreal and ' Calgary Monday, �prll 12 ,Victoria Wednesday, April 14 �a rbara Ward's circuit lo Hallfax.. A speaking engagement In Vancouver Tuesday, April 2ti promote Habitat wlll toioolde with Winnipeg Is beln9 eponsored by the BonnycasUe Lecture ·Serles. Montreal (French) Thursday, AprH 22 the launchlf\g of l'ier new book Halifax "Habitat: Home ot Man" which A a ahe waa slated to be Monday, April 28 she intends to present .to Prime In Victoria for elx daya Jnclu.dlng a Mjn1.ster Pierre Trudeau Ill Ottawa. five-day rest parlod over Easter, the University of British Columbia In Followlng hersc:heduted meeting When •h• wlll be In Montreal The mdJ'th-long tour Is 11pon. with the Prime Minister on March �ee weekslaa°r, Sl'le plans to vlelt. sored by the Mlnlitry of State for V11ncouver expressed interest In !laving her deliver a ecture there. 31, aarbara Ward Is to rece ve an Na\lonal Film Board headquarters Ufban Affairs and the Institute of l i She w ll cul snorther stay In Vic. -honorary • • • • • • I Award-winning photographs in the UN-sponsored lnternation�I Photo Contest on Human Settlements Photographies sur le theme des etablissements humains prlmees au concours international de f'ONU. -- - �,11,.yH