Remaking place in Little Saigon : a proposal for the retention and evolution of the identity of an ethnic neighborhood in Vancouver
department or school: Applied Science, Faculty of
department or school: Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA), School of
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCV
creator: Dinh, Long
issued: 2021-04-22T20:15:59Z
issued: 2021
related degree: Master of Advanced Studies in Architecture - MASA
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: Small-business entrepreneurialism has been an important characteristic of the immigrant and ethnic identity in cities. The Vietnamese community in Greater Vancouver, Canada is no stranger to this. Small-business entrepreneurialism in Little Saigon along Kingsway has defined the Vietnamese Canadian experience in the city and the metro area for more than four decades. The thoroughfare has proven to be a place nurturing Vietnamese upward mobility as it offers economic opportunities to those with limited capital. However, the vibrant scene of Vietnamese and other ethnic businesses on Kingsway is being threatened by a rapid wave of redevelopments facilitated by urban policies and financial practices that pit the real estate market against ethnic neighborhoods. Today young Vietnamese have to become more creative and technologically savvy to circumvent the high costs of starting their businesses. This thesis, by reimagining the designs of the neighborhood, proposes several alternatives in urban policies and business financing options for the city, the local community, and financial stakeholders to curb the negative effects of redevelopment, uphold Kingsway’s entrepreneurial spirit, and expand upward mobility among those with limited capital, including local Vietnamese.
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note: REMAKING PLACE IN LITTLE SAIGON A PROPOSAL FOR THE RETENTION AND EVOLUTION OF THE IDENTITY OF AN ETHNIC NEIGHBORHOOD IN VANCOUVER by LONG DINH B.Arch., University of Arkansas 2012 A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ADVANCED STUDIES IN ARCHITECTURE in THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE AND POSTDOCTORAL STUDIES (Architecture) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Vancouver) April 2021 © Long Dinh 2021 ii The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for acceptance, a thesis entitled: Remaking place in Little Saigon: A proposal for the retention and evolution of the identity of an ethnic neighborhood in Vancouver Submitted by Long Dinh in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Advanced Studies in Architecture in Architecture Examining Committee: Mari Fujita, Associate Professor, School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, UBC Supervisor Sara Stevens, Associate Professor, School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, UBC Supervisory Committee Member Nathanael Lauster, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, UBC Supervisory Committee Member Additional Supervisory Committee Members: Andrew Pask, Urban Planner, City of Vancouver Supervisory Committee Member iii Abstract Small-business entrepreneurialism has been an important characteristic of the immigrant and ethnic identity in cities. The Vietnamese community in Greater Vancouver, Canada is no stranger to this. Small-business entrepreneurialism in Little Saigon along Kingsway has defined the Vietnamese Canadian experience in the city and the metro area for more than four decades. The thoroughfare has proven to be a place nurturing Vietnamese upward mobility as it offers economic opportunities to those with limited capital. However, the vibrant scene of Vietnamese and other ethnic businesses on Kingsway is being threatened by a rapid wave of redevelopments facil…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2021-05
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0396921
language: eng
degree discipline: Architecture
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/77915