Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Introduction / Sandeep Agrawal
Part I: Boundary Changes in Alberta and Saskatchewan
Chapter 2 Annexations in Small Town Alberta / Sandeep Agrawal
Chapter 3 Municipal Annexations, Water Scarcity, and Intermunicipal Conflicts in the Calgary Region / Cody Gretzinger and Sandeep Agrawal
Chapter 4 The Fiscal Impact of Annexation: Lessons from American Jurisdictions and a New Perspective from Alberta / Amrita Singh
Chapter 5 Motivations Behind Annexations in Saskatchewan / Jordan D. Rea and Sandeep Agrawal
Part II: Boundary Adjustments in Ontario, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick
Chapter 6 Post-amalgamation Impact on Developing Land-use Planning Policy: A Case Study of Ontario Municipalities / John Meligrana
Chapter 7 Getting There: Municipal Restructuring in Nova Scotia / John Heseltine
Chapter 8 Boundary Battles in New Brunswick / Zack Taylor and Jon Isaac Taylor
Afterword / Andrew Sancton
Contributors
"Municipalities have not always been mere providers of local services and zoning rules; historically, they have often been ruthless competitors with their neighbours to obtain private-sector investment and economic development." Andrew Sancton, from the Afterword