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Conclusion

As the political discourse on the topic of municipal amalgamation intensifies, addressing a lack of a spatial analysis component has become evermore important. Based upon this analysis’ findings with respect to the study area of Cambridge, Kitchener, and Waterloo it is clear that GIS is a tool that can be utilized to examine municipal service overlap, evaluate service effectiveness, and identify potential redundancies. In the case of Waterloo and Kitchener, the model shows that under an amalgamated setting, services such as fire stations, and municipally operated community centres can be effectively optimized in order to improve efficiency while maintaining existing service standards. Given the purpose of this research, the findings and model evaluation demonstrate that the spatial component of service changes under amalgamation is pertinent to political discussions regarding amalgamation.

 
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