Reports and Resources
This section contains documents on infrastructure and other resources of interest in the examination of infrastructure issues. Documents are grouped in alphabetical headings that reference the issuing agency and are listed in reverse chronological order.
Alberta Urban Municipalities Association
Sustaining Prosperity Together- Alberta Urban Municipalities Association: 2003
Canada West FoundationAs of October 2004, the Canada West Foundation had issued 32 reports in its Western Cities Project. The project promotes public awareness of the growing importance of cities to the economic, social and cultural lives of western Canadians by engaging citizens in the urban sustainability debate. The Western Cities Project consists of four initiatives:
• Urban Finance and Economy
• Urban Governance
• Urban Social Fabric
• Urban Services and Environment
Visit the Canada West Foundation web site to access reports on the four listed initiatives.
Federation of Canadian Municipalities
Highlights Report 2004: Quality of Life in Canadian Municipalities
Third in a series of reports on quality of life in Canadian cities.
- Federation of Canadian Municipalities: April, 2004
Ahead of the Wave: A Guide to Sustainable Asset Management for Canadian Municipalities (conference edition)
- 2nd Annual Sustainable Communities Conference. Canadian Federation of Municipalities: February, 2002
Government of Alberta
Public-Private Partnerships: Alberta Infrastructure Guidance Document
Municipal Perspectives on Alberta's Future: A discussion paper
- Alberta Municipal Affairs: November, 2001
Government of Canada
Environmental Quality in Canadian Cities: The Federal Role
National Round Table on the Environment and Economy: Executive Summary May, 2003
Statistics Canada
Public capital and its contribution to the productivity performance of the Canadian business sector
- Statistics Canada: November, 2003
Public infrastructure in Canada: Where do we stand?
- Statistics Canada: November, 2003
TD Financial GroupMinding the Gap: Finding the Money to Upgrade Canada's Aging Public Infrastructure
- TD Financial Group. May 2004
The Calgary-Edmonton Corridor Report
- TD Bank Financial Group: April, 2003
A Choice Between Investing in Canada's Cities or Disinvesting in Canada's Future
- TD Bank Financial Group: April, 2002
Other
The People Speak on P3: A national survey on attitudes to public-private partnerships
- The Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships: November 2004
Revenue Sharing Options for Canada's Hub Cities
- Enid Slack. September 2004
Vision 20/20: Demographic Impacts on Alberta's Provincial Budget
- Fiscal Projections through 2026. Bev Dahlby. Alberta Chamber of Commerce: September 2004
Shared Service Arrangements: Determinants of Success - A Study of Economic Development and Recreation and Culture Shared Service Arrangements Among Municipalities of the Alberta Capital Region
- Neil Hepburn, Edward LeSage and Melville McMillan. Western Centre for Economic Research, University of Alberta: June 2004
The Costs of Sprawl Reconsidered: What the Data Really Show
- Wendell Cox and Joshua Utt. The Heritage Foundation: June 2004
Understanding Sprawl: A Citizen's Guide
-David Suzuki Foundation: October, 2003.
Technology Road Map Ministerial Brief
-The Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, Canadian Public Works Association, Canadian Council of Professional Engineers and the National Research Council Canada: 2002
Filling the Infrastructure Gap
- Canadian Taxpayers Federation: May, 2002
Transforming Edmonton
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