Special Places: The Changing Ecosystems of the Toronto Region

by Betty I. Roots

Book Overview

High Park, Scarborough Bluffs, the Humber Valley, the Port Lands.These are among the special places of Toronto. Each is a uniqueecosystem within the busy urban region. Even though Torontonians thinkof the city as almost entirely built up, savannah or wetlands are onlya subway ride away. Special Places explores the changingecosystems of the Toronto area over this century, looking at theenvironmental conditions that influence the whole region and at...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0774807369
• ISBN13: 9780774807364
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher