Neoliberalizing environmental governance? Land trusts, private conservation and nature on the Oak Ridges Moraine

Geoforum

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2097-2108

  Logan, Shannon ^a   Wekerle, Gerda R ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecosystem planning; Environmental governance; Greenbelt plan; Land trusts; Nature; Neoliberal governance; Neoliberalized nature; Oak Ridges Moraine; Ontario; Private conservation; Property; Regional planning

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GREENBELT; LANDOWNERSHIP; NEOLIBERALISM; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PRIVATIZATION; REGIONAL PLANNING;

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

EID: 56949099975     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2008.08.009     Document Type: Article

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