Editing Vancouver (section)

===Regional government===
[[File:Vancouver Metropolitan Area, 2018.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of [[Greater Vancouver]] from the west, 2018]]
Along with 20 other municipalities, one electoral area and one treaty First Nation,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metrovancouver.org/about/Pages/default.aspx |title=Who is Metro Vancouver |publisher=Metro Vancouver |access-date=August 9, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820020310/http://www.metrovancouver.org/about/Pages/default.aspx |archive-date=August 20, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> Vancouver is a member municipality of [[Metro Vancouver Regional District|Metro Vancouver]], the regional government whose seat is in [[Burnaby]]. While each member of Metro Vancouver has its own separate local governing body, Metro Vancouver oversees standard services and planning functions within the area, such as providing drinking water; operating sewage and solid waste handling; maintaining regional parks; managing air quality, [[greenhouse gases]] and ecological health; and providing a strategy for regional growth and land use.