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Governance of Near-Urban Conservation Areas Lessons from the Conflicts Surrounding Gatineau Park near Ottawa, Canada /

This book comprehensively describes the history of Gatineau Park, from the first proposals for a “national park” in the early 1900s to the governance issues in the present period, and it highlights the issues concerning the planning and governance of this unique near-urban ecological area. The 34,50...

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Main Author: Lait, Michael. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2021.
Edition:1st ed. 2021.
Series:Local and Urban Governance,
Subjects:
Regional planning.
Urban planning.
Political science.
Public administration.
Environmental policy.
Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.
Governance and Government.
Public Administration.
Environmental Politics.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64440-6
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. National park at the doorstep of the capital
  • Chapter 3. The Gatineau Hills clear-cutting controversy
  • Chapter 4. The creation of "Gatineau Park"
  • Chapter 5. Park governance under the Federal District Commission
  • Chapter 6. Sparking the private lands issue
  • Chapter 7. Park governance under the National Capital Commission
  • Chapter 8. An activist Chair governs
  • Chapter 9. Planning, expropriations, planning …- Chapter 10. The McInnis scare
  • Chapter 11. Protecting the park’s status quo
  • Chapter 12. Ongoing campaign for legislation and issue flare-ups
  • Chapter 13. Conclusion.

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