Planning for long, wide conservation corridors on private lands in the Oak Ridges Moraine, Ontario, Canada

Conservation Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 675-683

  Whitelaw, Graham S ^a   Eagles, Paul F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conservation corridors; Conservation legislation; Land use planning; Oak Ridges Moraine; Private land

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; LAND USE PLANNING; PRIVATE LAND; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CITY PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

CITY PLANNING; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ONTARIO;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; OAK RIDGES MORAINE; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 34249097371     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00708.x     Document Type: Article

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