Field Study - Granville Island, Vancouver
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PART A: AIMS AND HYPOTHESIS Granville Island, located in False Creek under the south end of the Granville Street Bridge, is often regarded as an 'urban planning success story' because it is an area being analyzed and copied worldwide. Although Granville Island retains its old name, it is no longer an island but a peninsula, connected to the shore by Anderson Street. Once a derelict industrial park, it has since then been transformed to the thriving market and entertainment destination it is today, attracting both local residents as well as tourists from across the globe. The question "Is Granville Island a higher order central place?" is the focal point of this urban studies topic. The purpose of this mission is to discover what sort of goods and services are available on Granville Island and whether these goods are regarded as 'higher order'. Higher order goods and services are those...

