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

Sandberg, L. Anders/ Wekerle, Gerda R./ Gilbert, Liette

University of Toronto Press（2013/04発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 277 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781442613027
• DDC分類 333.72097135

Full Description

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.

Contents

Illustrations

Tables

Preface and Acknowledgments



Development, Sprawl, and Nature Conservation on the Oak Ridges Moraine
The Surfacing of a Landform: Historical Representations of the Oak Ridges Moraine
Nature Conservation Planning in South-Central Ontario
Residents Speak for the Moraine
Taking a Stand: Place and Nature on the Moraine
Conservation Planning in the Service of Growth
Producing Exclusive Landscape Aesthetics
Conclusion

Endnotes

Bibliography

Appendix 1: Oak Ridges Moraine Chronology