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03683aam a2200421 i 4500 001 6B85782AFF9A11E9A2D37E2597128E48 003 SILO 005 20191105010136 008 181120t20192019qucab b 001 0 eng 020 $a 0773557040 020 $a 9780773557048 020 $a 0773557059 020 $a 9780773557055 035 $a (OCoLC)1065953630 040 $a NLC $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d NLC $d OCLCF $d CNCCA $d OCLCO $d YDX $d DGW $d YDX $d NLC $d UKMGB $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- $a n-us--- 050 4 $a JS1710 T39 2019 084 $a cci1icc $2 lacc 100 1 $a Taylor, Zachary Todd, $d 1973- $e author. 245 10 $a Shaping the metropolis : $b institutions and urbanization in the United States and Canada / $c Zack Taylor. 264 1 $a Montreal ; $b McGill-Queen's University Press, $c [2019] 300 $a xv, 456 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a McGill-Queen's studies in urban governance ; $v 11 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-439) and index. 505 0 $a Shaping the metropolis -- The institutional foundations of governance -- The development of national patterns of urban governance -- Toronto -- Minneapolis-St. Paul -- Vancouver -- Portland -- Urban governance, past and future. 520 $a "Rising income inequality and concentrated poverty threaten the social sustainability of North American cities. Suburban growth endangers sensitive ecosystems, water supplies, and food security. Existing urban infrastructure is crumbling while governments struggle to pay for new and expanded services. Can our inherited urban governance institutions and policies effectively respond to these problems? In Shaping the Metropolis Zack Taylor compares the historical development of American and Canadian urban governance, both at the national level and through specific metropolitan case studies. Examining Minneapolis-St Paul and Portland, Oregon, in the United States, and Toronto and Vancouver in Canada, Taylor shows how differences in the structure of governing institutions in American states and Canadian provinces cumulatively produced different forms of urban governance. Arguing that since the nineteenth century American state governments have responded less effectively to rapid urban growth than Canadian provinces, he shows that the concentration of authority in Canadian provincial governments enabled the rapid adoption of coherent urban policies after the Second World War, while dispersed authority in American state governments fostered indecision and catered to parochial interests. Most contemporary policy problems, and their solutions, are to be found in cities. Shaping the Metropolis shows that urban governance encompasses far more than local government, and that states and provinces have always played a central role in responding to urban policy challenges and will continue to do so in the future. "-- $c Provided by publisher. 530 $a Issued also in electronic format. 650 0 $a Municipal government $z Canada $v Case studies. 650 0 $a Municipal government $z United States $v Case studies. 650 0 $a Urbanization $z Canada $v Case studies. 650 0 $a Urbanization $z United States $v Case studies. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Taylor, Zachary Todd, 1973- $t Shaping the metropolis. $d Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2019 $z 9780773558427 $z 9780773558427 $w (OCoLC)1082357994 830 0 $a McGill-Queen's studies in urban governance; $v 11. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317022827.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20191204013846.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6B85782AFF9A11E9A2D37E2597128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search