The Oak Ridges Moraine Battles : : Development, Sprawl, and Nature Conservation in the Toronto Region / / L. Anders Sandberg, Gerda R. Wekerle, Liette Gilbert.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Sandberg, L. Anders,; Gilbert, Liette,; Wekerle, Gerda R.,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2020]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (336 p.) :; 32 photos, 3 drawings, 9 maps

The Oak Ridges Moraine is a unique landform that generated heated battles over the future of nature conservation, sprawl, and development in the Toronto region at the turn of the twenty-first century. This book provides a careful, multi-faceted history and policy analysis of planning issues and citizen activism on the Moraine's future in the face of rapid urban expansion.The Oak Ridges Moraine Battles captures the hidden aspects of a story that received a great deal of attention in the local and national news, and that ultimately led to provincial legislation aimed at protecting the Moraine and Ontario's Greenbelt. By giving voice to a range of actors - residents, activists, civil servants, scientists, developers and aggregate and other resource users, the book demonstrates how space on the urban periphery was reshaped in the Toronto region. The authors ask hard questions about who is included and excluded when the preservation of nature challenges the relentless process of urbanization.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Chapter One. Development, Sprawl, and Conservation on the Oak Ridges Moraine -- Chapter Two. The Surfacing of a Landform: Historical Representations of the Oak Ridges Moraine -- Chapter Three. Nature Conservation Planning in South-Central Ontario: A Flashpoint -- Chapter Four. Residents Speak for the Moraine -- Chapter Five. Taking a Stand: Preserving Place and Nature on the Moraine -- Chapter Six. Conservation Planning in the Service of Growth -- Chapter Seven. Producing Exclusive Landscape Aesthetics -- Chapter Eight. Conclusion: Wrestling with Development, Sprawl, and Nature Conservation -- Appendix. Oak Ridges Moraine Chronology -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index