No. 1: Restructuring of urban economies
May 10, 2015
Metropole Consultants conducts research and analysis, and crafts effective policy in the following areas:
Metropole Consultants undertakes work to ensure that an organisation’s broader range of existing policies and tools are aligned to support planning policy or strategic outcomes – for example, that municipal financial tools like development charges or user fees are aligned with municipal planning or sustainability policies.
Sample project: NRTEE, Environmental Quality in Canadian Cities
Metropole Consultants is offering a new service in which it conducts an alignment review for organisations, identifying where various programs or policies could be better aligned, to improve effectiveness and often in so doing, to reduce spending.
Metropole Consultants undertakes economic development strategies based on rigorous analysis and our proprietary model of the dynamics of urban economies.
Sample project: Competitiveness Study, City of Toronto
Metropole Consultants undertakes projects aimed at identifying and exploiting synergies between economic development, environment and planning policy. An example is integrating competitiveness considerations into official plans and planning policy.
Sample project: Regina Official Community Plan
Metropole Consultants produces integrated development strategies for specific urban issues or city districts – for example, for community improvement, or attracting development to specific locations, such as downtowns, suburban centres or transit station areas. Strategic approaches may include the integration of planning, policy, design, incentives, economic dynamics, or market considerations.
Sample project: Calgary South-east Centre
Metropole Consultants undertakes urban regeneration strategies that integrate physical regeneration with good planning and urban design, and an understanding of the underlying urban economic and market dynamics that drive change.
Metropole Consultants conducts and coordinates research on a range of topical issues re the physical and economic evolution of cities, including urban economies, urban development patterns, and the socio-economic geography of cities.
Sample project: The Growth Opportunity
Metropole Consultants uses its unique approach to develop effective and integrated policy for official plans, community and district plans, and regional plans.
Sample project: Regina Official Community Plan