Institutional capacity and metropolitan governance: The Greater Toronto Area

Cities

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 171-180

  Williams, Gwyndaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

City suburban tensions; Local government reform; Metropolitan development; Municipal government

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; PLANNING PROCESS; URBAN PLANNING;

CANADA; ONTARIO; TORONTO;

EID: 0032816261     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-2751(99)00014-1     Document Type: Article

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