The governance of metropolitan areas in Canada

Public Administration and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 317-327

  Sancton, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Metropolitan governance; Municipal amalgamations

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; METROPOLITAN AREA;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27244448310     PISSN: 02712075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pad.386     Document Type: Article

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