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Presentation | 2015
National Guidelines for the Smart Cities in India
Bharat Punjabi
Presentation by IMFG Post-Doctoral Fellow Bharat Punjabi at the Global Cities Institute Thematic Round Table: A Dialogue on Smart Cities, at the University of Toronto, on June 29, 2015.
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Presentation | 2015
Metropolitan Water Governance in Toronto: Policy by Default or Design?
Bharat Punjabi
This presentation focuses on the policy processes involved in implementing the Clean Water Act (2006), and outlines the practical and policy challenges of setting up the Toronto and Region Source Protection Authority with the involvement of municipal and non-municipal stakeholders.
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Presentation | 2015
Financing Regional Public Transit in Ontario
Enid Slack and Richard M. Bird
Presentation delivered by IMFG Director Enid Slack at the 2015 State of the Federation Conference at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario.
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Presentation | 2015
Planning the City, Demarcating the Watershed
Bharat Punjabi
Presentation delivered by IMFG Post-Doctoral Fellow Bharat Punjabi at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographers, in Vancouver, on June 3, 2015.
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Book | 2015
Is Your City Healthy? Measuring Urban Fiscal Health
Richard M. Bird and Enid Slack
In an era when all large cities are struggling to maintain balanced budgets and pay for increased services and infrastructure, Is Your City Healthy? is a timely publication that explores the elements of fiscal health, how we measure it, and why it is important.
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IMFG Paper | 2015
Cooperation and Capacity: Inter-Municipal Agreements in Canada
Zachary Spicer
The challenge of governing regions that fall within the jurisdiction of more than one municipality is a long-standing policy problem for local governments. This paper examines interlocal agreements in six Canadian metropolitan areas.
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IMFG Paper | 2015
Can GTA Municipalities Raise Property Taxes?
Almos Tassonyi, Richard M. Bird, and Enid Slack
Have Greater Toronto Area (GTA) municipalities raised their property tax rates to the point at which they are likely to lose tax revenue? In other words, will further tax rate increases lower the size of the tax base? How important is tax competition between municipalities in the GTA?
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Presentation | 2015
Overview of the Greater Toronto Area
Enid Slack
Presentation delivered by IMFG Director Enid Slack to the Atlanta Leadership Delegation on May 6, 2015, in Mississauga, Ontario.
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