[URBAN NOTE] Five city links: governance, housing bubbles, monuments, fiction, Brooklyn

[rfmcdonald]

• Wayne Roberts at NOW Toronto makes the point that, in the wake of the Doug Ford government, cities in Canada need to get solid grounds for autonomy.


• Toronto and Vancouver rank alongside world cities including Hong Kong, London, Amsterdam, and Munich as being at risk of housing bubbles. CBC reports.


• Guardian Cities takes a look at what cities around the world are doing with regards to contentious public monuments, here.


• CityLab has an interesting roundup of recent online fiction about cities, here.


• Justin Fox at Bloomberg View makes the case that Brooklyn is setting a general good standard for the atmosphere of American cities generally, notwithstanding issues. (I'd add that the influence of the Brooklyn model is not limited to the United States.)