Urban Policy Issues: Canadian Perspectives / Edition 2

by Edmund P. Fowler, David Siegel

Overview

Including new and original readings, this collection examines how Canadian municipal governments have responded to some of the most fundamental changes to the municipal system since its origins in the nineteenth century. It focuses on issues of housing, transportation, and public health, charting current changes such as the growth in size and scope of municipalities and pointing to an increase in power of municipal governments. While it is unlikely that provincial governments will ever formally accede any direct policy making powers to the municipalities, the editors conclude that these changes mean the local governments will gradually obtain a de facto status as real policy-making bodies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195415933
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	11/08/2001
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

York University

Brock University

Table of Contents

About this BookAcknowledgementsAbout the Authors1. Introduction: Urban Public Policy at the Turn of the Century, E.P. Fowler and David Siegel2. Urban Demographics in Canada, David K. FootDepartment of Economics, University of Toronto3. Urban Finance at the Turn of the Century: Be Careful What You Wish For, David Siegel4. Metropolitan and Regional Governance, Andrew Sancton, Department of Political Science, University of Western Ontario5. Housing Policy in the New Millennium: The Uncompassionate Landscape, Barbara Wake Carroll, Department of Political Science, McMaster University6. Municipal Social Security in Canada, Rodney Haddow, Department of Political Science, St. Francis Xavier University7. Transportation Policy in Canadian Cities, Edmund P. Fowler and Jack Layton, City Councilor and lecturer in the Environmental Studies Program, University of Toronto8. Sustainable Cities, Trevor Price, Retired, Department of Political Science, University of Windsor9. City Environmental Policy: Connecting the Dots, Edmund P. Fowler and Franz Hartmann, Environmental Studies Program, University of Toronto10. Public Policy on Recreation and Leisure in Urban Canada, Bryan J.A. Smale, Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, University of Waterloo and Donald G. Reid, Department of Rural Planning and Development, University of Guelph11. Culture, Heritage, and the Arts, Donna Cardinal, Canadian Studies Program, University of Alberta12. Urban Development: Planning Aspirations and Political Realities, Christopher Leo, Department of Political Science, University of Winnipeg and Adjunct Professor of City Planning, University of Manitoba13. Infrastructure, Caroline Andrew, Department of Political Science, University of Ottawa and Jeff Morrison, Public Affairs Officer, Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada14. From Public Health to the Healthy City, Trevor Hancock, public health physician and health promotion consultant15. Education Policies: Challenges and Controversies, Peter Woolstencroft, Department of Political Science University of Waterloo