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

by Gerda Wekerle, Liette Gilbert, L. Anders Sandberg, et al.

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442613025
• ISBN13: 9781442613027
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher