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Beyond the Global CityUnderstanding and Planning for the Diversity of Ontario |
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Looking beyond the smoke screen of Toronto's rapid and costly growth to re-envision sustainable planning in Ontario's neglected regions.
Policies promoting Toronto as a global city and provincial economic engine have been seen as beneficial to the development of all of Ontario, yet much of the province has borne significant environmental, social, economic, and political costs as a result of one city's growth. Contributors to this volume call for a radical re-imagining of public policy at local, provincial, and federal levels, that accounts for Ontario's overlooked regions.
Beyond the Global City presents a kaleidoscopic view of the province - the rich fields and small towns of the southwest, the productive agricultural lands of rural Huron County, historic Kingston and the Upper St Lawrence, the social and cultural diversity of the Ottawa valley, the near mythical woodlands and waters of Muskoka and Georgian Bay, and the heavily exploited coasts and waters of the Great Lakes - to provide a deeper understanding of its various communities. In a series of regional studies, contributors describe each area's distinctive qualities and challenges and offer recommendations about what is needed to move them forward in a more equitable and sustainable way. Two initial historical chapters lay the framework for the regional discussions, while cross-cutting and integrated chapters analyze the state of natural and cultural heritage and current development theory provincially, offering guidance for the future.
Beyond the Global City presents a kaleidoscopic view of the province - the rich fields and small towns of the southwest, the productive agricultural lands of rural Huron County, historic Kingston and the Upper St Lawrence, the social and cultural diversity of the Ottawa valley, the near mythical woodlands and waters of Muskoka and Georgian Bay, and the heavily exploited coasts and waters of the Great Lakes - to provide a deeper understanding of its various communities. In a series of regional studies, contributors describe each area's distinctive qualities and challenges and offer recommendations about what is needed to move them forward in a more equitable and sustainable way. Two initial historical chapters lay the framework for the regional discussions, while cross-cutting and integrated chapters analyze the state of natural and cultural heritage and current development theory provincially, offering guidance for the future.
Details
480 Pages, 6 x 9
9 b&w photos
ISBN 9780773539860
May 2012
Formats: Paperback, eBook
Gordon Nelson is distinguished professor emeritus, Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo.
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction Gordon Nelson xi
1 The Origin of Ontario’s Georegions: Pre-European Times to the
1850s 3
Gordon Nelson and Michael Troughton
2 The Industrial Era and the Further Development of Ontario’s
Georegions: The Railroads, 1850s-1900s 27
Gordon Nelson and Michael Troughton
3 Sweetwater Seas and Shores: Waters and Coasts of the Great Lakes
Georegion 55
Patrick L. Lawrence
4 Toronto: Putting the Georegion in Perspective 80
Lucy M. Sportza
5 The Carolinian Canada Georegion: Farmland, Forests, and
Freeways in Conflict 102
Stewart Hilts
6 The Huron Georegion: Rurality in an Urbanizing Province 127
Wayne Caldwell
7 Peterborough: A Georegion in Transition? 151
Alison Bain and John Marsh
8 Georgian Bay, Muskoka, and Haliburton: More than Cottage
Country? 169
Nik Luka and Nina-Marie Lister
9 The Kingston Georegion: Going “Glocal” In a Globalizing
World 201
Brian S. Osborne
10 The Ottawa Valley Georegion 227
Mark Seasons
11 Learning from the Past, Assessing the Future: A Geo-historical
Overview of Northeastern Ontario 245
Raynald Harvey Lemelin and Rhonda Koster
12 Northwestern Ontario and the Lakehead Georegion: A Region
Apart? 277
Margaret E. Johnston and R.J. Payne
13 The Intersection of Landscape, Legislation, and Local Perceptions
in Constructing the Niagara Escarpment as a Distinct
Georegion 309
Susan Preston
14 The Changing Natural Heritage of Ontario in Broad
Perspective 336
Stephen D. Murphy
15 Changing Cultural Landscapes of Ontario 359
Robert Shipley
16 Retrospect and Prospect 388
Gordon Nelson
Contributors 433
Index 439
Introduction Gordon Nelson xi
1 The Origin of Ontario’s Georegions: Pre-European Times to the
1850s 3
Gordon Nelson and Michael Troughton
2 The Industrial Era and the Further Development of Ontario’s
Georegions: The Railroads, 1850s-1900s 27
Gordon Nelson and Michael Troughton
3 Sweetwater Seas and Shores: Waters and Coasts of the Great Lakes
Georegion 55
Patrick L. Lawrence
4 Toronto: Putting the Georegion in Perspective 80
Lucy M. Sportza
5 The Carolinian Canada Georegion: Farmland, Forests, and
Freeways in Conflict 102
Stewart Hilts
6 The Huron Georegion: Rurality in an Urbanizing Province 127
Wayne Caldwell
7 Peterborough: A Georegion in Transition? 151
Alison Bain and John Marsh
8 Georgian Bay, Muskoka, and Haliburton: More than Cottage
Country? 169
Nik Luka and Nina-Marie Lister
9 The Kingston Georegion: Going “Glocal” In a Globalizing
World 201
Brian S. Osborne
10 The Ottawa Valley Georegion 227
Mark Seasons
11 Learning from the Past, Assessing the Future: A Geo-historical
Overview of Northeastern Ontario 245
Raynald Harvey Lemelin and Rhonda Koster
12 Northwestern Ontario and the Lakehead Georegion: A Region
Apart? 277
Margaret E. Johnston and R.J. Payne
13 The Intersection of Landscape, Legislation, and Local Perceptions
in Constructing the Niagara Escarpment as a Distinct
Georegion 309
Susan Preston
14 The Changing Natural Heritage of Ontario in Broad
Perspective 336
Stephen D. Murphy
15 Changing Cultural Landscapes of Ontario 359
Robert Shipley
16 Retrospect and Prospect 388
Gordon Nelson
Contributors 433
Index 439
Shortlisted
Speaker's Book Award
Legislative Assembly of Ontario (2012)
Speaker's Book Award
Legislative Assembly of Ontario (2012)
