| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 452 pages :) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Regional planning -- Ontario.
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Regional planning. |
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Ontario. |
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Ontario -- Geography.
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Geography. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Nelson, James Gordon.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Klein, L. Ruth Beyond the Global City : Understanding and Planning for the Diversity of Ontario Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press,c2014 |
| ISBN |
9780773587427 (electronic book) |
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077358742X (electronic book) |
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0773539859 (bound) |
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0773539867 (paperback) |
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9780773539853 (bound) |
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9780773539860 (paperback) |
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