Urban affairs : back on the policy agenda / edited by Caroline Andrew, Katherine A. Graham, and Susan D. Phillips.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Andrew, Caroline.

Graham, Katherine A., 1947-2025.

Phillips, Susan D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban policy--Canada.

Urban policy.

City planning--Canada.

City planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (409 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Canada's last experience with national urban policy-making was in the 1970s. The authors focus on what has happened since, exploring how both our city-regions and our ideas about the urban policy-making process have changed. The authors also examine both the past and present roles of the federal government, and what it can and should do in the future. Contributors include Caroline Andrew, Paul Born (Tamarack Institute for Community Engagement, Cambridge), Kenneth Cameron (FCIP, Policy and Planning, Greater Vancouver Regional District), W. Michael Fenn, (Ontario Deputy Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing), Pierre Filion (University of Waterloo), Katherine Graham, Pierre Hamel (Université de Montréal), Christopher Leo (University of Winnipeg), Barbara Levine (World University Service of Canada), Sherilyn MacGregor (PhD, Environmental Studies, York University), Warren Magnusson (University of Victoria), Beth Moore Milroy (Ryerson University), Merle Nicholds (former Mayor of Kanata), Evelyn Peters (University of Saskatchewan), Susan Phillips, Valerie Preston (York University), Andrew Sancton (University of Western Ontario), Lisa Shaw (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives), Enid Slack (Enid Slack Consulting Inc.), Sherri Torjman (Caledon Institute of Social Policy), Carolyn Whitzman (doctoral candidate, School of Geography and Geology, McMaster University), David Wolfe (University of Toronto), and Madeleine Wong (University of Wisconsin).

Contents:

Intro; Contents; Introduction: Urban Affairs in Canada: Changing Roles and Changing Perspectives; PART ONE: BUILDING CIVIL SOCIETY; PART TWO: GOVERNANCE; PART THREE: PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; PART FOUR: FISCAL CHALLENGES; CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Index; About the Authors; 1 Immigration and Canadian Cities: Building Inclusion; 2 Aboriginal People in Urban Areas; 3 Bright New Vision or Same Old Story? Looking for Gender Justice in the Eco-city; 4 ""The Voice of Women"" in Canadian Local Government; 5 What Causes Inner-city Decay, and What Can Be Done about It?

6 Is Urban Affairs a Priority on the Public Agenda?7 Toronto's Legal Challenge to Amalgamation; 8 Signs of Life? The Transformation of Two-tier Metropolitan Government; 9 Community Economic Development in Canadian Cities: From Experiment to Mainstream; 10 Urban Issues and the New Policy Challenges: The Example of Public Consultation Policy in Montreal; 11 From the National to the Local: Recent Lessons for Economic Development Policy; 12 Postmodern Planning: All Talk, No Action?; 13 Emerging Trends in Urban Affairs - A Municipal Manager's View; 14 Some Puppets

Some Shoestrings! The Changing Intergovernmental Context15 Have Fiscal Issues Put Urban Affairs Back on the Policy Agenda?; 16 The City as the Hope of Democracy; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-393) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-86039-9

9786612860393

0-7735-7014-4