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This presentation focused on the regional dimensions of water delivery in Mumbai and looked at the role of institutions and the impact of local laws, agencies, and governance on how water is shared between rural and urban areas.
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IMFG Visiting Scholar Murtaza Haider explores the impact of the Land Transfer Tax (LTT) on housing sales in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Previous research has shown that housing sales declined after the implementation of the LTT but Dr. Haider’s research concludes that the negative impact on housing sales was not statistically significant.
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In this video, Catherine Barbé, the Director of Strategic Partnerships for the Société du Grand Paris, shares some of her experience and strategies with the implementation of the Grand Paris project, with insights and lessons on further integrating the Paris metropolitan region.
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Presentation by IMFG Director Enid Slack at the Seminario Internacional sobre alternativas de financiamiento de ciudades in Bogotá, Colombia on November 18, 2014.
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Presentation by IMFG Director Enid Slack for the Edmonton Regional Planning Speakers Series on October 21, 2014.
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This paper profiles election campaigns in six of Ontario’s biggest cities – Hamilton, London, Mississauga, Ottawa, Toronto and Windsor. For each of the six cities, a local expert was recruited to take on this task.
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A strong university helps build a strong city, and vice versa. Universities impart innovative dynamism and resilience to the economies of urban regions. They are stabilizing forces on urban economies, and on the local neighbourhoods they inhabit. And they connect their host regions to the world. What role should the University of Toronto play in our region’s future?
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In this video, University of Toronto President Meric Gertler delivers a public talk at IMFG, as part of the ongoing Big City, Big Ideas lecture series organized by IMFG at its partners, entitled “Universities, Cities and Prosperity: An Agenda for the Future.” The event was moderated by Alan Broadbent.
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