At the wilderness edge : the rise of the antidevelopment movement on Canada's West Coast /

"Vancouver prides itself on being a green city, and the west coast is known for its active environmental protest culture. But the roots of this mentality reach far beyond the founding of organizations such as Greenpeace. Small campaigns led by local community groups from the 1960s onward left a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Little, J. I. (John Irvine), 1947- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2019.
Colección:McGill-Queen's rural, wildland, and resource studies series ; 11.
Temas:
Green movement > British Columbia.
Protest movements > British Columbia.
Economic development > Social aspects > British Columbia.
Écologisme > Colombie-Britannique.
Contestation > Colombie-Britannique.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Economic development > Social aspects
Green movement
Protest movements
British Columbia
Economic development
Social aspects
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "One of the finest pieces of empty real estate in Canada" : the creation of Devonian Harbour Park, 1963-83
  • "The greatest playground in the entire Dominion" : defending Hollyburn Ridge, 1932-76
  • "Restful refuge" or "Vancouver's bedroom"? The making of Bowen Island's first official community plan, 1969-77
  • "The Newcastle of the Pacific"? Protecting the Squamish estuary and Howe Sound, 1971-79
  • "The best use of this island is for recreation" : resisting the Gambier Island Copper Mine Proposal, 1979-85.

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