Vancouver, City on the Edge

Format:  Softcover

ISBN:  0-9697601-4-0

Dimensions:  20 x 23 cm (8 x 9 in.)

Page Count:  191 pages

Publication Date:  2003

Finalist, City of Vancouver Book Prize

$27.95

Vancouver, City on the Edge

Living with a dynamic geological landscape

By John Clague & Bob Turner

This book tells the story of the greater Vancouver area and illustrates how geology affects the lives of all who live in the Lower Mainland.  Topics include

• The rocks in and around Vancouver, and when and how they formed
• The origin of our landscape
• Glaciation and its effects
• Past climates and vegetation
• Water supply issues
• Earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, avalanches, and floods
• The Fraser River delta
• Earth’s resources

Written in easy-to-understand, non-technical language and illustrated with many photos, diagrams, and maps, this book offers timely and important information for residents of southwestern British Columbia, and for all those interested in the interplay between the forces of nature and our cities.

John Clague

John Clague is a professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at Simon Fraser University, British Columbia.  John’s research interests are Ice Age geology, climate change, and hazardous natural processes, including earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, and landslides.  His other principal professional interest is improving public awareness of earth science by making relevant geoscience information available to students, teachers, and the general public.  John is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and former President of the Geological Association of Canada.  He lives in West Vancouver with his wife Alexis.

Bob Turner

Bob Turner was a scientist with the Geological Survey of Canada in Vancouver, where he worked to inform communities across Canada about their landscapes, water resources, changing climate, hazards, and environment.  He is co-author with John Clague of At Risk: Earthquakes and Tsunamis on the West Coast (Tricouni Press, 2006) and winner of the Geological Association of Canada’s award for earth science education.  Bob is a former Mayor of Bowen Island, where he lives with his wife Rosemary.