Title: Beyond the global city : understanding and planning for the diversity of Ontario /
Authors: Nelson, James Gordon
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Regional planning Ontario.; Aménagement du territoire Ontario.; Ontario Geography.; Ontario Géographie.
Abstract: "Policies promoting Toronto as a global city and provincial economic engine have been seen as beneficial to the development of all of Ontario, yet much of the province has borne significant environmental, social, economic, and political costs as a result of one city's growth. Contributors to this volume call for a radical re-imagining of public policy at local, provincial, and federal levels, that accounts for Ontario's overlooked regions.
Contents: 1. The origin of Ontario's Georegions : pre-European times to the 1850s -- 2. The Industrial Era and the further development of Ontario's Georegions : the railroads, 1850s-1900s -- 3. Sweetwater seas and shores : waters and coasts of the Great Lakes Georegion -- 4. Toronto : putting the Georegion in perspective -- 5. The Carolinian Canada Georegion : famland, forest, and freeways in conflict -- 6. The Huron Georegion : rurality in an urganizing province -- 7. Peterborough : a Georegion in transition? -- 8. Georgian Bay, Muskoka, and Haliburton : more than cottage country -- 9. The Kingston Georegion : going "glocal" in a globalizing world -- 10. The Ottawa Valley Georegion -- 11. Learning from the past, assessing the future : a geo-historical overview of Northeastern Ontario -- 12. Northwestern Ontario and the Lakehead Georegion : a region apart? -- 13. The intersection of landscape, legislation, and local perceptions in constructing the Niagara Escarpment as a distinct georegion -- 14. The changing natural heritage on Ontario in broad perspective -- 15. Changing cultural landscapes of Ontario -- 16. Retrospect and prospect.