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The Oak Ridges Moraine Battles : Development, Sprawl, and Nature Conservation in the Toronto Region /

"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 an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Sandberg, L. Anders, 1953-
Otros Autores: Gilbert, Liette, Wekerle, Gerda R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1 Development, sprawl, and conservation on the Oak Ridges Moraine
  • 2 The Surfacing of a landform : historical representations of the Oak Ridges Moraine
  • 3 Nature conservation planning in South-Central Ontario : a flashpoint
  • 4 Residents speak for the Moraine
  • 5 Taking a stand : preserving place and nature on the Moraine
  • 6 Conservation planning in the service of growth
  • 7 Producing exclusive landscape aesthetics
  • 8 Conclusion : wrestling with development, sprawl, and nature conser vation
  • Appendix 1: Oak Ridges Moraine chronology.