The Ontario Greenbelt: Shifting the Scales of the Sustainability Fix?

Professional Geographer

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 125-145

  Macdonald, Sara ^a   Keil, Roger ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

greenbelt; regionalism; sustainability fix

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GREENBELT; LEGISLATION; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONALISM; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 84858045272     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00330124.2011.586874     Document Type: Article

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