| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 452 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
The Origin of Ontario's Georegions: Pre-European Times to the 1850s / Gordon Nelson and Michael Troughton -- The Industrial Era and the Further Development of Ontario's Georegions: The Railroads, 1850s-1900s / Gordon Nelson and Michael Troughton -- Sweetwater Seas and Shores: Waters and Coasts of the Great Lakes Georegion / Patrick L. Lawrence -- Toronto: Putting the Georegion in Perspective / Lucy M. Sportza -- The Carolinian Canada Georegion: Farmland, Forests, and Freeways in Conflict / Stewart Hilts -- The Huron Georegion: Rurality in an Urbanizing Province / Wayne Caldwell -- Peterborough: A Georegion in Transition? / Alison Bain and John Marsh -- Georgian Bay, Muskoka, and Haliburton: More than Cottage Country? / Nik Luka and Nina-Marie Lister -- The Kingston Georegion: Going "Glocal" In a Globalizing World / Brian S. Osborne -- The Ottawa Valley Georegion / Mark Seasons -- Learning from the Past, Assessing the Future: A Geo-historical Overview of Northeastern Ontario / Raynald Harvey Lemelin and Rhonda Koster -- Northwestern Ontario and the Lakehead Georegion: A Region Apart? / Margaret E. Johnston and R.J. Payne -- The Intersection of Landscape, Legislation, and Local Perceptions in Constructing the Niagara Escarpment as a Distinct Georegion / Susan Preston -- The Changing Natural Heritage of Ontario in Broad Perspective / Stephen D. Murphy -- Changing Cultural Landscapes of Ontario Robert Shipley Retrospect and Prospect / Gordon Nelson |
| Summary |
Looking beyond the smoke screen of Toronto's rapid and costly growth to re-envision sustainable planning in Ontario's neglected regions |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Regional planning -- Ontario
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Regional Planning.
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Geography
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Regional planning
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| SUBJECT |
Ontario -- Geography
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| Subject |
Ontario
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Nelson, James Gordon
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| LC no. |
2012494983 |
| ISBN |
9780773587427 |
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077358742X |
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0773588086 |
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9780773588080 |
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