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加拿大政府一向保守,在规划大都会上也是如此,所以相比美国大都会地区的规划,加拿大的大都会地区明显都很袖珍(比如大洛杉矶/芝加哥,开出建成区上百公里全是独立乡镇但仍被规划为一体)。大多地区其实和周围的卫星城早已在经济上连为一体,而中心地区的建成区也早已连为一体,所以往年一直有很多人建议把大多地区和大金马蹄地区规划为一个地区,其中心为大多和哈密尔顿地区(greater toronto & hamilton area, GTHA)。此区域的意义和美国的大都会区(metropolitan statistical area, MSA)相似,人口和GDP总量上也都和大芝加哥/洛杉矶相近。而金马蹄中心的多伦多更是全球10大金融中心之一,TSX也雄踞世界第7。
在省府的2020计划中go transit是重点发展对象之一,籍此来连接整个大金马蹄地区的城际交通。希望未来8年内go transit能带动ttc更上一个台阶。
Definition
Golden Horseshoe was used as a geographical distinction since the 1950s, but it was only on July 13, 2004 that a report from the provincial Ministry of Public Infrastructure Renewal entitled Places to Grow coined the term Greater Golden Horseshoe, extending the boundaries west to Waterloo Region, north to Barrie, and northeast to Peterborough.[3] A subsequent edition released February 16, 2005, broadened the term further, adding Brant, Haldimand and Northumberland Counties. Statistics Canada defined the region first in its 2001 census as the Extended Golden Horseshoe, combining many Census Metropolitan Areas. The Greater Golden Horseshoe is officially designated in Ontario Regulation 416/905[4] under the Places to Grow Act.
The definition of the Golden Horseshoe as an agglomerated urban area, that is combining Census Metropolitan Areas is similar to how population counts are tabulated for Combined statistical area, which are used in the United States to combine more than one metropolitan area, defined as an MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area), into a larger overall urbanized area. In terms of population, the Greater Horseshoe is the 6th most populous greater urbanized area in North America, just behind the Baltimore-Washington-Northern Virginia CSA, as of the 2006 census. |