Building a City Needs Citizen Participation | Yupin Li | TEDxUofT

The city of Toronto is one of the most diverse cities in Canada mostly due to its sense of “livability”. As the city grows and the population increases, there are numerous novel urban challenges that Toronto is currently facing. Urbanism affects everyone and involves a multidisciplinary approach. Yupin Li holds a Master of Architecture from the University of Toronto and a Bachelor of Architectural Science from Ryerson University. Her interests have been primarily focused on the urban fabric and the complexities of high-density living. She is currently working on commercial high-rise architecture and hopes to create meaningful change in the city of Toronto. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@bengoodchild883]

How to speed up the zoning process and convince current resident's that mid rises won't affect their quality of life are difficult questions to answer, but certainly worth it for the improvements we can make with walkability and affordability! One argument I've heard from low density areas is that their infrastructure is not designed to facilitate a denser population, and it doesn't seem as though anyone is willing to pay for this type of infrastructure. Any thoughts on that topic? It would be awesome to have some further reading for each of these TedX UofT talks! If the speakers have references it would be awesome to know :) Thanks for the great talk, and thanks to the UofT team for organizing everything! Great work!

[@lashondadenisehoward746]

Thank you amazing.