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This presentation focuses on the role that parks and libraries play as contributors to broader urban policy objectives. How do libraries and parks affect and leverage the quality of life, sustainability, and economic growth in the city? In a period of fiscal austerity, what are the appropriate roles for the public sector, the private sector and the scope for partnerships in both the funding and management of these spaces?
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This presentation focuses on the role that parks and libraries play as contributors to broader urban policy objectives. How do libraries and parks affect and leverage the quality of life, sustainability, and economic growth in the city? In a period of fiscal austerity, what are the appropriate roles for the public sector, the private sector and the scope for partnerships in both the funding and management of these spaces?
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This presentation contrasts the institutions, law, and practices of planning in Ontario with other jurisdictions in Canada and the US. It concludes that the public's frustration with the OMB masks larger issues present in Ontario's planning regime, issues that the removal of the OMB will not address.
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Using a panel of data on the financing of the United States’ largest central cities from 1997 to 2008, the empirical results of this paper provide strong support for the hypothesis that a more diversified revenue structure generates more revenues than one that relies primarily on the property tax.
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This Big City, Big Ideas lecture features Larry Beasley, Canadian Planner Vancouver and Abu Dhabi. It is entitled Planning the Global City: Vancouver, Abu Dhabi and the world. The talk was held on November 16th, 4-6 pm, at the George Ignatieff Theatre, Trinity College.
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This Big City, Big Ideas lecture features Leslie Koch, President of The Trust for Governors Island, New York. Her talk is entitled The Blue Apple.
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This panel discussion was moderated by David Crombie, President, David Crombie and Associates, and former Mayor of Toronto. The panelists included: John Matheson, Partner, Strategy Corp.; Lorne Sossin, Dean, Osgoode Hall Law School and City of Toronto Open Meeting Investigator; Karim Bardeesy, Editorial Writer at the Globe and Mail, and 2011 DiverseCity Fellow; and Fiona Crean, Ombudsman, City of Toronto.
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This Big City, Big Ideas lecture features Ricky Burdett, Director of the London School of Economics Cities and Urban Age Program, was entitled Living in the Endless City: Global Challenges in an Urban Age.
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