Ontario's greenbelt: Growth management, farmland protection, and regime change in Southern Ontario

Canadian Public Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 413-432

  Pond, Davi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agri environment; Farmland; Greenbelt; Productivist; Property; Sprawl

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GREENBELT; GREENSPACE; PRODUCTIVITY; URBANIZATION;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 75649142560     PISSN: 03170861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/cpp.35.4.413     Document Type: Article

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