请教PP阅读中的一体

annie919

This dependence gives form and structure to the Canadian central

city, qualities now lost in the sprawling United States

metropolis, whose(？？？？) residents view the central district as increasingly less central to their lives.

whose 指代是谁，这句话怎样翻译

Iknow

whose 感觉指的是UNITED STATES METROPOLIS.

请别的大侠指教。