The Oak Ridges Moraine Battles : : Development, Sprawl, and Nature Conservation in the Toronto Region / / L. Anders Sandberg, Gerda R. Wekerle, Liette Gilbert.
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 citi...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2020] ©2013 |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (336 p.) :; 32 photos, 3 drawings, 9 maps |
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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