Municipal Annexations in Alberta: Good, Bad or Inevitable?
Area of Study: Agriculture, Municipal Development
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Urban, Suburban, Regional and Wet Growth in Alberta - sponsored by the Alberta Land Institute | Published in 2017 by Dr. Sandeep Agrawal
Year
2014
Status
Completed
Principal Investigators
Dr. Sandeep Agrawal, Director of the University of Alberta Planning Program
Overview
Annexation is the most common form of municipal government reform and boundary restructuring, in Alberta and elsewhere in Canada. It significantly affects both urban and rural agricultural communities.
This study will examine annexation in Alberta to address how effective annexation is in expanding municipal boundaries, what the implications are, and how Alberta's use and outcomes of annexation compare to other jurisdictions in Canada.