Social acceptability: driving urban development or holding it back?

Lecture presented on January 29, 2020

In the approval process for a public, community or private project, social acceptability is increasingly invoked by developers as the deciding factor. Whether it’s a mobility, housing, or neighbourhood development project, how do we reconcile developers’ goals with communities’ concerns?

How can we anticipate the future and assess projects from a long-term perspective? What role do the avant-garde, innovation and pioneering development play in this consultation and conciliation approach??

Moderator

• Dinu Bumbaru, Policy Director of Héritage Montréal

Speakers

• Julie Caron-Malenfant, Executive Director, Institut du Nouveau Monde
• Louise Roy, independent expert on public participation
• Martin Leblanc, architecte, Partner, Sid Lee Architecture

Episode summary

• 1:05 : Introduction by Dinu Bumbaru
• 7:25 : Julie Caron-Malenfant
• 19:30 : Louise Roy
• 35:30: Martin Leblanc
• 47:00 : Question period
• 1:31:30 : Conclusion by Dinu Bumbaru

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City talks series

For a seventh consecutive year, the City Talks series will bring together city thinkers and builders to discuss current practical urban issues affecting Montrealers. The talks will be introduced by Suzanne Sauvage, President and Chief Executive Officer of the McCord Museum, and moderated by Dinu Bumbaru, Policy Director of Heritage Montreal..

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