Read "Beyond the Global City" to find a refreshing and innovative approach to landscape planning in Ontario. How can Ontario address complex and growing threats on the landscape? This new publication edited by Dr. Gordon Nelson, chair of the Coalition, includes a comprehensive chapter on Carolinian Canada by Dr. Stewart Hilts, a Conservation Award recipient. Travel with Dr. Hilts' through the history of our beautiful and challenging region, tour the roots of today's stewardship efforts and see what the future has to offer. This book will be a staple reference for years to come on ecoregional approaches to complex land use issues. The final chapter points out that the collaborative approach used by the Carolinian Canada Coalition could be a useful example for other regions of Ontario.
Beyond the Global City is a reaction against the Toronto centred approach that Ontario has used in developing the province with often damaging consequences for biodiversity, wetlands, the coasts and environment generally as well as local economies and communities. Chapters on the many near forgotten regions of Ontario - including those on Carolinian Canada, Peterborough, Ottawa, Kingston and the Islands, Huron County, Muskoka - Georgian Bay and the North - are written by knowledgeable local authors. The book describes the distinguishing ecological and other characteristics of the regions and their individual planning needs which are frequently not being met by top down Toronto-centred planning. The book calls for a strengthening of regional planning and a more locally effective approach to conservation and development. This is an informative and valuable read for naturalists. It gives the big picture behind many local and regional environmental and related issues and calls for more locally based planning to address them.
This book is available directly from McGill-Queen's University Press.
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