Incremental planning and land-use conflict in the Toronto region's Oak Ridges Moraine

Hanna, Kevin; Webber, Steven

doi:10.1080/13549830903530625

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“…For example, researchers have recently begun to unpack the nuanced methods of how nature can be aestheticised and/or commodified through the establishment of provincial scale environmental/conservation policy, such as the Oak Ridges Moraine and Greenbelt Acts/Plans. 6 Both pieces of legislation are marked achievements for those who fought for the protection of greenspace and agricultural land in the province (Edey et al 2006, Hanna andWebber 2010). Previous conservation policy measures such as the establishment of the Rouge Park and the Niagara Escarpment Planning and Development Act (1973) have also collectively increased the amount of greenspace within the GTA and throughout southern Ontario.…”

Section: Neoliberal Governance and Conservationmentioning

confidence: 96%

Nature's Keepers: civil society actors and the neoliberalisation of conservation in the Rouge Park

Macaraig

2011

Local Environment

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This paper examines the roles and actions of civil society actors and state agencies in the establishment and management of the Rouge Park (Ontario, Canada), a large greenspace approximately 46 km 2 . This paper takes the stance that neoliberalism is more than just a simple derivative of capitalism, but also a continually evolving process that has explicit links to nature and its management. I use qualitative data to investigate how the governance framework put in place by the province of Ontario amounts to the neoliberalisation of conservation, where a disproportionate amount of the day-to-day management and operation of the park is completed by civil society actors and their respective volunteers. I examine how the management structure of the Rouge Park has resulted in what amounts to neoliberal conservation policy yet, despite its apparent and upfront shortcomings, this governance scheme has also resulted in some notable developments. In particular, it has provided an increase in opportunities for civil society actors to become key agents in both park planning and conservation.

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Section: Neoliberal Governance and Conservationmentioning

confidence: 96%

Nature's Keepers: civil society actors and the neoliberalisation of conservation in the Rouge Park

Macaraig

2011

Local Environment

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“…Another example is the emergence of interest groups and social movements dedicated to defending policies that protect peri-urban rural landscapes for their amenity and productive value. While the London Green Belt is perhaps the highest profile example (Edwards, 2000;Elson, 1986), the emergence of regional coalitions of urban environmentalists, suburbanites and farmers in favour of urban containment is well documented (Abbott and Howe, 1993;Hanna and Webber, 2010).…”

Section: Policy Feedbackmentioning

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Rethinking planning culture: a new institutionalist approach

Taylor

2013

Town Planning Review

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Scholars of planning have long grappled with the dilemma of how to explain variation among places' traditions, modes or styles of planning practice and the legal and institutional frameworks that govern spatial development and implement planning policies. In a related effort, historians have explored the international diffusion of planning ideas and practices, the study of which has gained contemporary relevance in the context of European integration and globalisation. At the core of these enterprises is an attempt to understand change -to specify how and why planning practices are changing and why distinct patterns of planning practice have evolved in different places and at different times. Recent work has embraced the concept of 'planning culture' as the basis for explanation, yet this work has lacked focus. This article argues that historical institutionalism as developed in the social sciences provides a more precise explanatory framework for comparative planning research.

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“…Second, qualitative research methods such as interviews and site visits, when coupled with a case study format, offer a nice complement to the predominant paradigm of purely quantitative analysis of land use conflicts, with a variety of recent studies either employing such a method or calling for more qualitative inquiry about land use conflict (see Henderson, 2003;Hanna and Webber, 2010;van Leeuwen, 2010;Magigi and Drescher, 2010;Nash et al, 2010; Leys and Vanclay, 2011 for a small sample).…”

Section: Sustainable and Livable Ecosystemmentioning

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Of fast lanes, flora, and foreign workers: Managing land use conflicts in Singapore

Sze

Sovacool

2013

Land Use Policy

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Incremental planning and land-use conflict in the Toronto region's Oak Ridges Moraine

Cited by 9 publications

References 13 publications

Nature's Keepers: civil society actors and the neoliberalisation of conservation in the Rouge Park

Nature's Keepers: civil society actors and the neoliberalisation of conservation in the Rouge Park

Rethinking planning culture: a new institutionalist approach

Of fast lanes, flora, and foreign workers: Managing land use conflicts in Singapore

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