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Presentation | 2013
Growth and Development in Rural Counties Surrounding Separated Cities
Zachary Spicer
A number of cities in Ontario are separated cities that are not politically connected to the counties in which they are geographically located. Although the original intention was that urban growth would be directed toward the separated city and the county would remain rural, many counties that surround separated cities have also been growing. What are the implications of city-county separation?
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Presentation | 2013
London’s Crossrail: A Case Study in Transit Investment
Jim Berry
The Crossrail is a transformative transit investment that will traverse London. It was planned through a rigorous process that focused on supporting the region’s economic growth and reducing congestion by shifting travel patterns, connecting employment areas, and capturing the resulting increase in land values. How did they get there?
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Video | 2013
London’s Crossrail: A Case Study in Transit Investment
Jim Berry
This video features a lecture by Jimm Berry, Senior Vice President at Hatch Mott MacDonald. The Crossrail is a transformative transit investment that will traverse London. It was planned through a rigorous process that focused on supporting the region’s economic growth and reducing congestion by shifting travel patterns, connecting employment areas, and capturing the resulting increase in land values. How did they get there?
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Forum Paper | 2013
Borrowing Today for the City of Tomorrow? Debt & Alternative Financing
Kyle Hanniman
Can and should municipalities borrow more? What is the role of public-private partnerships (P3s) in addressing the municipal infrastructure gap?
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Perspectives Paper | 2013
Hidden in Plain View: Local Agencies, Boards, and Commissions in Canada
Jack Lucas
Do we need to have local agencies, boards and commissions (ABCs)? What is the appropriate geographic boundary (local, regional, provincial, etc.) for a particular policy task? Who should sit on the board of the ABC and should they be appointed or elected?
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Book | 2013
Governance and Finance of Metropolitan Areas in Federal Systems
Enid Slack and Rupak Chattopadhyay
This volume examines the governing structure and finances of metropolitan areas in federal systems. Taking a comparative approach, each chapter examines two large metropolitan areas in a federal country, including Australia (South East Queensland and Perth); Brazil (Belo Horizonte and São Paulo); Canada (Toronto and Vancouver); Germany (Hamburg and Central Germany); India (Hyderabad and Mumbai); South Africa (Cape Town and Gauteng metropolitan region); Spain (Barcelona and Madrid); Switzerland (Geneva and Zurich); and the United States (Louisville and Los Angeles).
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Presentation | 2013
Understanding the Fiscal Environment for Cities
Enid Slack and André Côté
Presentation delivered by Enid Slack and André Côté to the Toronto Urban Fellows Learning Session: A Foundation in Municipal Finance on June 20, 2013.
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Presentation | 2013
Property Tax Reform in Developing Countries
Enid Slack
Presentation delivered by IMFG Director Enid Slack to the Fourth IMF-Japan High-Level Tax Conference for Asian Countries in Tokyo, Japan on April 3, 2013.
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