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City Budget Story No. 4 - The City As School Master

Year: 1921

Summary: Statistics on education expenditures in Toronto; this bulletin argues economy with efficiency is essential in the public education department.

Citizen Participation In Metro Toronto: Climate For Cooperation?

Year: 1974

Summary: Study of citizen participation, with a focus on on citizen groups whose chief concern is local government decisions about the physical environment.

Children's Play: A Study Of Playgrounds

Year: 1970

Summary: Discusses principles for playground planning and the need for Toronto to invest in playgrounds in areas like Regent Park.

Changing The Planning Act: Risks And Responsibilities

Year: 1977

Summary: The Planning Act Review and Comay Report challenge municipal councils to make use of increased authority, and provincial government to develop effective more effective planning policies.

Bulletin: A Positive Approach To Urban Renewal

Year: 1962

Summary: Advocates a positive approach to urban renewal, with emphasis on conservation of property, public action, and rehabilitation.

Brief To To The Task Force On Housing And Urban Development By The Bureau Of Municipal Research

Year: 1968

Summary: A brief submitted to the Task Force on Housing and Urban Development outlining overlooked areas of discussion in the task forces' proceedings - including reduced tax assessments for farms, the impact of municipalities withdrawing from subdivision servicing on housing costs, and the hidden costs of "satellite cities" on existing metropolitan centers

BMR News Briefs

Year: 1962

Summary: News Brief about improving efficiency by merging departments dealing with property development, buildings and properties etc.

Be It Ever So Humble: The Need For Rental Housing In The City Of Toronto

Year: 1977

Summary: Study of the state of the rental housing market in Toronto, with an emphasis on the scope of basic need and the nature and size of the population group for assisted rental housing.

Annual Meeting Bureau Of Municipal Research 1974

Year: 1974

Summary: Programme from the Bureau of Municipal Research's 1974 meeting and seminar. Seminar topics include urbanization, land, planning, property development, issues facing Pickering, and city government in general.

Annual Meeting Bureau Of Municipal Research 1974

Year: 1974

Summary: Programme from the Bureau of Municipal Research's 1974 meeting and seminar. Seminar topics include urbanization, land, planning, property development, issues facing Pickering, and city government in general.

A Report On Local Improvement Works And Taxes In Ontario

Year: 1964

Summary: A report on local improvement and works taxes. Details how and why local improvement acts are initiated, the process of accepting or rejecting local improvement taxes, how special assessments are levied, how costs for local improvements are split and who may be exempt from these taxes and fees.

A Pile Of Rubble? The Need For Comprehensive Control Of Demolitions

Year: 1971

Summary: Identifies the need to take planning into account when authorizing demolitions

A Case For Bachelorettes

Year: 1982

Summary: Examines the phenomenon of bachelorettes (furnished, one-room rental units) and consequences for housing in Toronto.

"Caveat Emptor": The Need For Quality Control In Housing Construction

Year: 1972

Summary: The Bureau suggests possible changes to improve inadequate supervision of quality control in residential construction.

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