Local responses to development pressures: Conflictual politics of sprawl and environmental conservation

Cahiers de Geographie du Quebec

Volumn 49, Issue 138, 2005, Pages 377-392

  Gilbert, Liette ^a   Wekerle, Gerda R ^a   Sandberg, L Anders ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental conflicts; Environmental conservation; Environmetalism; Exurban development; Greenbelt; Oak Ridges Moraine; Urban sprawl

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTALISM; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; URBAN GROWTH;

EID: 33644523083     PISSN: 00079766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7202/012563ar     Document Type: Article

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