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Presentation | 2013
Financing the Metropolis
Enid Slack
Presentation delivered by IMFG Director Enid Slack to the International Symposium on Innovations and the Making of Metropolitan Identity, sponsored by the City of Paris, Sciences Po University, and LATTS on November 27, 2013.
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IMFG Paper | 2013
Public Finance in Montréal: In Search of Equity and Efficiency
Jean-Philippe Meloche and François Vaillancourt
Following the 2002 amalgamation, half Montréal’s pre-amalgamation suburbs de-merged in 2006, leading to the creation of a smaller megacity with 19 decentralized boroughs. This paper identifies factors that affect the capacity of Montréal’s boroughs to fulfil their responsibilities.
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Presentation | 2013
Eb Zeidler: Buildings Cities Life
Max Allen
A new two-volume, 1,635-page autobiography explores the life, architecture, and philosophy of Eberhard (Eb) Zeidler, from his early life and studies at the Bauhaus to the present. This event celebrated Eb’s remarkable impact on architectural history, and explore some of the contemporary trends that are influencing the design of buildings and cities into the future.
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Video | 2013
Buildings, Cities, Life: Eb Zeidler’s Autobiography in Architecture
Max Allen, John Sewell, Matthew Teitelbaum, and Eb Zeidler
This video features a panel presentation on the new two-volume autobiography of the life, architecture, and philosophy of Eberhard (Eb) Zeidler, from his early life and studies at the Bauhaus to the present—an exceptional career that established him as one of the world's most influential architects.
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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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