Governing Canada S City Regions

Author : Neil Bradford,Allison Bramwell
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442617230

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Governing Urban Economies by Neil Bradford,Allison Bramwell Pdf

Today more than ever, cities matter to the economic and social well-being of the vast majority of Canadians. Canada’s urban centers are simultaneously the engines of the national economy and the places where the risks of social exclusion are most concentrated, making innovative and inclusive urban governance an urgent national priority. Governing Urban Economies is the first detailed scholarly examination of relations among governmental and community-based actors in Canadian city-regions. Comparing patterns of municipal-community relations and federal-provincial interactions across city-regions, this volume tracks the ways in which urban coalitions tackle complex economic and social challenges. Featuring an inter-disciplinary group of established and up-and-coming scholars, this collection breaks new ground in the Canadian urban politics literature and will appeal to urbanists working in a range of national contexts.

Author : Andrew Sancton,Institute for Research on Public Policy
Publisher : IRPP
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 0886451566

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Governing Canada's City-regions by Andrew Sancton,Institute for Research on Public Policy Pdf

Author : Gerald Hodge,Ira M. Robinson
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2007-10-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780774845274

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Planning Canadian Regions by Gerald Hodge,Ira M. Robinson Pdf

Planning Canadian Regions is the first book to consolidate the history, evolution, current practice, and future prospects for regional planning in Canada. As planners grapple with challenges wrought by globalization, the evolution of massive new city-regions, and the pressures for sustainable and community economic development, a deeper understanding of Canada’s approaches is invaluable. Hodge and Robinson identify the intellectual and conceptual foundations of regional planning and review the history and main modes of regional planning for rural regions, economic development regions, resource development regions, and metropolitan and city-regions. They draw lessons from Canada’s past experience and conclude by proposing a new paradigm addressing the needs of regional planning now and in the future, emphasizing regional governance, greater inclusiveness and integration of physical planning with planning for economic sustainability and natural ecosystems. Planning Canadian Regions will be a much-needed text for students and teachers of regional planning and an indispensable reference for planning practitioners. It will also find a receptive audience in such disciplines as urban planning, environmental studies, geography, political science, public administration, and economics.

Author : Caroline Andrew,Katherine A.H. Graham
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780773596290

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Canada in Cities by Caroline Andrew,Katherine A.H. Graham Pdf

The federal government and its policies transform Canadian cities in myriad ways. Canada in Cities examines this relationship to better understand the interplay among changing demographics, how local governments and citizens frame their arguments for federal action, and the ways in which the national government uses its power and resources to shape urban Canada. Most studies of local governance in Canada focus on politics and policy within cities. The essays in this collection turn such analysis on its head, by examining federal programs, rather than municipal ones, and observing how they influence local policies and work with regional authorities and civil societies. Through a series of case studies - ranging from federal policy concerning Aboriginal people in cities, to the introduction of the federal gas tax transfer to municipalities, to the impact of Canada's emergency management policies on cities - the contributors provide insights about how federal politics influence the local political arena. Analyzing federal actions in diverse policy fields, the authors uncover meaningful patterns of federal action and outcome in Canadian cities. A timely contribution, Canada in Cities offers a comprehensive study of diverse areas of municipal public policy that have emerged in Canada in recent years.

Author : Roger Keil,Pierre Hamel,Julie-Anne Boudreau,Stefan Kipfer
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781771122627

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Governing Cities Through Regions by Roger Keil,Pierre Hamel,Julie-Anne Boudreau,Stefan Kipfer Pdf

The region is back in town. Galloping urbanization has pushed beyond historical notions of metropolitanism. City-regions have experienced, in Edward Soja’s terms, “an epochal shift in the nature of the city and the urbanization process, marking the beginning of the end of the modern metropolis as we knew it.” Governing Cities Through Regions broadens and deepens our understanding of metropolitan governance through an innovative comparative project that engages with Anglo-American, French, and German literatures on the subject of regional governance. It expands the comparative angle from issues of economic competiveness and social cohesion to topical and relevant fields such as housing and transportation, and it expands comparative work on municipal governance to the regional scale. With contributions from established and emerging international scholars of urban and regional governance, the volume covers conceptual topics and case studies that contrast the experience of a range of Canadian metropolitan regions with a strong selection of European regions. It starts from assumptions of limited conversion among regions across the Atlantic but is keenly aware of the remarkable differences in urban regions’ path dependencies in which the larger processes of globalization and neo-liberalization are situated and materialized.

Author : Andrew Sancton,Robert Andrew Young
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780802097095

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Foundations of Governance by Andrew Sancton,Robert Andrew Young Pdf

In Foundations of Governance, experts from each of Canada's provinces come together to assess the extent to which municipal governments have the capacity to act autonomously, purposefully, and collaboratively in the intergovernmental arena.

Author : Katherine A. Graham,Susan D. Phillips,Allan M. Maslove
Publisher : Harcourt Brace (Canada)
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0774733926

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Urban Governance in Canada by Katherine A. Graham,Susan D. Phillips,Allan M. Maslove Pdf

Author : Kevin Edson Jones,Alex Lord,Rob Shields
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780773597785

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City-Regions in Prospect? by Kevin Edson Jones,Alex Lord,Rob Shields Pdf

How should the metropolis be governed? What is the appropriate scale to consider and organize local governance and communities? Bringing together an interdisciplinary and international body of scholarly work, City-Regions in Prospect? explores the city-region as both an evolving concept and as a growing area of planning practice. Contributors raise critical questions about the ways in which governance reform is being reshaped and whether current trends towards rescaling and rebounding cities actually address local challenges of urbanization and globalization. These essays highlight the tensions and uncertainties between the city-region as a concept and the experiences of local communities when municipal policies are applied. Proposing a challenge to scholars and municipal leaders to account for flexibility, adaptability to local contexts, social robustness, and community engagement, City-Regions in Prospect? Captures the growing relevance and importance of cities in a rapidly urbanizing world.

Author : James Lightbody
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781551117539

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City Politics, Canada by James Lightbody Pdf

"City Politics, Canada will both irritate and please, but it should be read—it raises all the important questions about urban governance in Canada." - Caroline Andrew, Centre on Governance, University of Ottawa

Author : David A. Wolfe,Meric S. Gertler
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781442629462

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Growing Urban Economies by David A. Wolfe,Meric S. Gertler Pdf

Even in a globalizing, knowledge-based economy, cities remain engines of growth, innovation, and diversity. Increasingly, they are also active participants in the creation of the social and political conditions necessary to create a thriving community. The Innovation, Creativity, and Governance in Canadian City-Regions series is a focused analysis of how developments at the local and regional level affect these three key determinants of future prosperity. Growing Urban Economies summarizes its conclusions in a single volume that presents an overview of the evidence and its implications. A rich and nuanced analysis of the interplay of social, political, and economic factors in thirteen Canadian city-regions, large and small, this collection integrates research focusing on innovation, creativity and talent-retention, and governance in order to understand the distinctive experience of each region. A valuable cross-section of city-region development in a variety of circumstances, Growing Urban Economies offers important insights into the way in which local conditions affect urban economies around the world.

Author : Robert Young,Martin Horak
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780773540019

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Sites of Governance by Robert Young,Martin Horak Pdf

A rare glimpse into the world of public policy making in Canada's major cities.

Author : Kelly Vodden,David J.A. Douglas,Sean Markey,Sarah Minnes,Bill Reimer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351262149

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The Theory, Practice and Potential of Regional Development by Kelly Vodden,David J.A. Douglas,Sean Markey,Sarah Minnes,Bill Reimer Pdf

Canadian regional development today involves multiple actors operating within nested scales from local to national and even international levels. Recent approaches to making sense of this complexity have drawn on concepts such as multi-level governance, relational assets, integration, innovation, and learning regions. These new regionalist concepts have become increasingly global in their formation and application, yet there has been little critical analysis of Canadian regional development policies and programs or the theories and concepts upon which many contemporary regional development strategies are implicitly based. This volume offers the results of five years of cutting-edge empirical and theoretical analysis of changes in Canadian regional development and the potential of new approaches for improving the well-being of Canadian communities and regions, with an emphasis on rural regions. It situates the Canadian approach within comparative experiences and debates, offering the opportunity for broader lessons to be learnt. This book will be of interest to policy-makers and practitioners across Canada, and in other jurisdictions where lessons from the Canadian experience may be applicable. At the same time, the volume contributes to and updates regional development theories and concepts that are taught in our universities and colleges, and upon which future research and analysis will build.

Author : Andrew Sancton
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2008-10-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780773574977

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The Limits of Boundaries by Andrew Sancton Pdf

With city-regions becoming increasingly important as sources of innovation and wealth in our society, does it follow that their institutions of government will become increasingly autonomous, allowing them to become self-governing?

Author : C. R. Tindal,S. Nobes Tindal
Publisher : Whitby, Ont. : McGraw-Hill Ryerson
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Local government
ISBN : NWU:35556025973595

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Local Government in Canada by C. R. Tindal,S. Nobes Tindal Pdf

Author : Eran Razin,Patrick J. Smith,Universiṭah ha-ʻIvrit bi-Yerushalayim. Halbert Centre for Canadian Studies,Israel Association for Canadian Studies
Publisher : University of Alberta
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2006-12-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9654932857

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Metropolitan Governing by Eran Razin,Patrick J. Smith,Universiṭah ha-ʻIvrit bi-Yerushalayim. Halbert Centre for Canadian Studies,Israel Association for Canadian Studies Pdf

Metropolitan reforms have been implemented in Canada at a scale and frequency greater than anywhere else in the democratic world. Recent Canadian metropolitan reforms are setting precedents and could influence metropolitan agendas worldwide. This edited collection deals with the recent local government reforms in major Canadian cities—Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Winnipeg, and Vancouver—and provides comparative insights from other countries—Britain, the United States, Korea, and Israel. Steps undertaken by Canadian provinces have seemingly preferred in some cases ‘old regionalism' territorial reforms over 'new regionalism' horizontal networks of governance. Canadian experiences indicate that both weak metropolitan mechanisms and neighborhood-level governments tend to be unstable, often not fulfilling expectations. Moreover, it seems that only old regionalism deals effectively with sharing fiscal burdens, whereas new regionalism approaches can be effective in development. The cross-national case studies provide a perspective on the role of different political systems and political cultures in determining the metropolitan governance agenda and the reforms undertaken, revealing considerable similarities in the agenda and diversity in responses.