加拿大与美国都市圈内政府治理差异分析

本文探讨地方公共机构尤其是地方行政机构如何改变其结构和手段，以应对新的地区化和都市化的挑战。通过分析35个美国和加拿大的城市群，评估政府机构在多大程度上采用了怎样的方法去规划、实施和监督都市化政策，并重点研究都市圈机构和都市圈的财税政策。

Comparing Metropolitan Governance in Canadian and U.S. City-Regions

The article examines how local public institutions, especially municipal administrations, have adapted their structures and actual practices to respond to new regionalist and metropolitan challenges. We want to assess if, and how much, governmental institutions are really adopting new ways to plan, supervise, and implement metropolitan polices through analyzing 35 American and Canadian urban agglomerations. The emphasis is on the transformation of metropolitan institutions and on metropolitan area taxation strategies.