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Planning capital cities: a cultural district in Canada’s capital region

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  • Eleonora Redaelli
  • Guy Chiasson

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This paper investigates issues of national identity and multi-level governance within Confederation Boulevard, the heart of Canada's National Capital Region. We develop a framework that combines the literature on cultural districts and multi-level governance and analyse the plans written by the National Capital Commission (NCC) from the 1980s to the 2010s. Through the lens of cultural districts, we focus on urban form as a whole, instead of considering just specific artifacts or buildings, and uncover how over time the NCC is designing a representation of national identity moving towards multiculturalism. Moreover, the lens of cultural districts delineates a space for multi-level governance revealing the emergence of dynamics of negotiation among different levels of government towards territorial cooperation. This analysis of Confederation Boulevard contributes to the literature on planning capital cities beyond the specific case, adding to our understanding of (1) urban representation of national identity and (2) dynamics of a layered governance.

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  • Eleonora Redaelli & Guy Chiasson, 2022. "Planning capital cities: a cultural district in Canada’s capital region," Planning Perspectives, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 37(2), pages 319-339, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rppexx:v:37:y:2022:i:2:p:319-339
    DOI: 10.1080/02665433.2021.1965011
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