A playbook for the ‘metropolitan mindset’
A new playbook from two of Canada’s leading thinkers on urban issues shows how a ‘metropolitan mindset’ could help to alleviate challenges such as housing affordability, efficient and effective transit, and income inequality.
Canada’s ten major metropolitan regions are home to more than half the country’s population, but they are pushed and pulled by more than 275 local governments. Because these issues spill across municipal borders, addressing them requires communication and collaboration at a level higher than individual cities and municipalities, but more localized than the provincial or national level.
Don Iveson, a Canadian Urban Leader at the School of Cities and former Mayor of Edmonton, and Gabriel Eidelman, a professor in the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, argue that what we need is a ‘metropolitan mindset.’ They have published a playbook to advocate for this new mindset.
The Metropolitan Mindset playbook is a guide for urban planners and policymakers which emphasizes the need to build trust and dialogue between local and regional governments, as well as the power of co-creating solutions that benefit all citizens.