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Ray Tomalty
Ray Tomalty is principal of Smart Cities Research Services, a research consultancy specializing in urban sustainability. He is adjunct professor at McGill University's School of Urban Planning and sits on the editorial board of Alternatives Journal.
America’s Urban Future: Lessons from North of the Border
As the US plans to meet its massive urban challenges, we believe that a comparison with Canada is particularly useful—more so than more widely discussed European models, whose relevance tend to be rather more aspirational than practical.