Municipal Boundary Battles

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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Municipal Boundary Battles explores the motivations, land use effects, and financial implications of municipal boundary adjustments across Canada, focusing mainly on annexations and amalgamations—the most frequent means to adjust boundaries and reform local governments in this country. With a focus on mid-size cities and small towns rather than major Canadian metropolitan areas, the authors uncover hidden motivations, untangle behind-the-scenes political machinations, and document the resulting conflict. Through empirical evidence, case studies, and examples, the collection helps develop generalizations and inform best practices for municipal boundary adjustments and reform. The contributors explain how the esoteric aspects of adjustments work in more practical applications, offering political scientists, geographers, municipal officials, and planning practitioners fresh perspectives that contradict much of the prevailing understanding of boundary adjustments.Contributors: Sandeep Agrawal, Cody Gretzinger, John Heseltine, John Meligrana, Jordan Rea, Amrita Singh, Jon Taylor, Zack Taylor. Afterword by Andrew Sancton.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-07-16
Mått:152 x 229 x 15 mm
Vikt:700 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:232
Förlag:University of Alberta Press
ISBN:9781772127454

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Sandeep Agrawal is an internationally-recognized Canadian scholar of urban planning whose research focuses on local governance, human and Indigenous rights, migration, and energy transition. He is a Professor at the University of Alberta.

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"While there are several books and articles about municipal restructuring in Canada, this is the only book that I am aware of in which the contributors are planners, and many of the chapters provide a valuable planning perspective." David Siegel, Emeritus Professor, Brock University

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Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsChapter 1 Introduction / Sandeep AgrawalPart I: Boundary Changes in Alberta and SaskatchewanChapter 2 Annexations in Small Town Alberta / Sandeep AgrawalChapter 3 Municipal Annexations, Water Scarcity, and Intermunicipal Conflicts in the Calgary Region / Cody Gretzinger and Sandeep AgrawalChapter 4 The Fiscal Impact of Annexation: Lessons from American Jurisdictions and a New Perspective from Alberta / Amrita SinghChapter 5 Motivations Behind Annexations in Saskatchewan / Jordan D. Rea and Sandeep AgrawalPart II: Boundary Adjustments in Ontario, Nova Scotia, and New BrunswickChapter 6 Post-amalgamation Impact on Developing Land-use Planning Policy: A Case Study of Ontario Municipalities / John MeligranaChapter 7 Getting There: Municipal Restructuring in Nova Scotia / John HeseltineChapter 8 Boundary Battles in New Brunswick / Zack Taylor and Jon Isaac TaylorAfterword / Andrew SanctonContributors