Governance of near-urban conservation areas : lessons from the conflicts surrounding Gatineau Park near Ottawa, Canada

Governance of near-urban conservation areas : lessons from the conflicts surrounding Gatineau Park near Ottawa, Canada / Michael Lait.

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....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lait, Michael (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2021]
Series:Local and urban governance.
Subjects:
Canada. > National Capital Commission.
Canada. > National Capital Commission
National parks and reserves > Canada > Management.
Central-local government relations > Canada.
Regional planning.
Environmental policy.
regional planning.
environmental policy.
Central-local government relations
National parks and reserves > Management
Gatineau Park (Québec) > History.
National Capital Region (Ont. and Québec)
Canada
Canada > National Capital Region
Québec > Gatineau Park
History
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Table of Contents:
  • National park at the doorstep of the capital
  • The Gatineau Hills clear-cutting controversy
  • The creation of "Gatineau Park"
  • Park governance under the Federal District Commission
  • Sparking the private lands issue
  • Park governance under the National Capital Commission
  • An activist Chair governs
  • Planning, expropriations, planning
  • The McInnis scare
  • Protecting the park's status quo
  • Ongoing campaign for legislation and issue flare-ups
  • Conclusion.

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