Author: Québec (Province). Secrétariat à l'aménagement et à la décentralisation
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : fr
Pages : 98

View

Book Description

Author: Maria Rosario Partidario
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1040283861
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 305

View

Book Description
An environmental assessment must be performed whenever a property transaction takes place. Those who donít may find themselves responsible for the past misdeeds of others. This book contains contributions by professionals from various locations who use Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) as a tool applied to water management issues. SEA helps make decisions that increase sustainability. Because of its procedural nature, it necessarily becomes tailor-made to different applications. Easily understood and geographic in scope, this book presents leading edge thinking and first hand knowledge on the applications of SEA in water management. Perspectives on Strategic Environmental Assessment is a comprehensive guidebook for performing environmental assessments all over the world. No other source provides you with as much information on the applications of SEA as a policy assessment and management tool. This book provides a blueprint for environmental assessments that safeguards you from the oversights of others.

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 942

View

Book Description

Author: Wayne J. Caldwell
Publisher: Univ. of Manitoba Press
ISBN: 0887555187
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 322

View

Book Description
As land is lost to urban sprawl and other non-farm activity, our ability to produce food is diminished and options for future food production are limited. Farmland preservation speaks to the need to preserve the agricultural land base for future generations. The need for protection is driven by uncertainty caused by climate change, population growth, food security, energy availability, and other local and global factors. This uncertainty means that there is an ever-growing responsibility to ensure that the actions of today do not compromise the needs of future generations. This second edition of Farmland Preservation provides a range of views and case studies from across Canada, the United States, and beyond. Its fourteen essays are intended to help the reader understand the importance of the issue and the potential for applying new approaches to agricultural protection, policy tools, and initiatives.

Author: Peter F. Trent
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773539328
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 700

View

Book Description
The story of the fight against the forced merger of Montreal municipalities and the world's first metropolitan de-merger.

Author: Zoran Roca
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351923447
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 343

View

Book Description
Bringing together theoretical and empirical research from 22 countries in Europe, North America, Australia, South America and Japan, this book offers a state-of-the-art survey of conceptual and methodological research and planning issues relating to landscape, heritage, [and] development. It has 30 chapters grouped in four main thematic sections: landscapes as a constitutive dimension of territorial identities; landscape history and landscape heritage; landscapes as development assets and resources; and landscape research and development planning. The contributors are scholars from a wide range of cultural and professional backgrounds, experienced in fundamental and applied research, planning and policy design. They were invited by the co-editors to write chapters for this book on the basis of the theoretical frameworks, case-study research findings and related policy concerns they presented at the 23rd Session of PECSRL - The Permanent European Conference for the Study of the Rural Landscape, organized by TERCUD - Territory, Culture and Development Research Centre, Universidade Lusófona, in Lisbon and Óbidos, Portugal, 1 - 5 September 2008. With such broad inter-disciplinary relevance and international scope, this book provides a valuable overview, highlighting recent findings and interpretations on historical, current and prospective linkages between changing landscapes and natural, economic, cultural and other identity features of places and regions; landscape-related identities as local and regional development assets and resources in the era of globalized economy and culture; the role of landscape history and heritage as platforms of landscape research and management in European contexts, including the implementation of The European Landscape Convention; and, the strengthening of the landscape perspective as a constitutive element of sustainable development.

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Municipal government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1292

View

Book Description
An indexing, abstracting and document delivery service that covers current Canadian report literature of reference value from government and institutional sources.

Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264022570
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 484

View

Book Description
Explores how both governments and the private sector can expand the role of markets to allocate water used by all sectors and to get agricultural producers to account for the pollution that their sector generates.

Author: Julia LeMense
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317093887
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 490

View

Book Description
Mountains are the home of significant ecological resources - wildlife habitat, higher elevation plant systems, steep slopes, delicate soils and water systems. These resources are subject to very visible and growing pressures, most of which are caused by the unique features of mountains. Using as case studies four mountain resorts in the US and Canada, this book analyzes the extent to which the law protects the ecological systems of mountains from the adverse impacts associated with the development, operation and expansion of resorts. In order to examine these issues, Mountain Resorts takes an interdisciplinary approach, with contributions from ecologists and lawyers who focus on ski-related activities, increasing four-season use of the mountains and expanding residential, commercial and recreational development at the mountains' base. Its analysis of an array of US and Canadian federal, state and local laws provides a multifaceted exploration of the intersection of ecology and the law at mountain resorts.

Author: Michael Skelly
Publisher: ICURR Publications
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 190

View

Book Description
The first part of this report discusses definitions, general issues, and trends in the role of local government. Issues discussed include those affecting municipal economic development initiatives, the type of role in economic development that is appropriate for municipalities, changes in the focus of municipal economic development, and comparisons between municipal economic development initiatives in Canada and the United States. The report then examines provincial legislation governing the powers of municipalities to promote economic development. The third part presents results of a survey of Canadian municipalities and local economic development organizations on their economic development practices. The survey examined such matters as economic development techniques used, local business liaison and promotion, public amenity and infrastructure improvements, export development, tourism promotion, job creation initiatives, regulations, and financial tools. Results are presented by province or territory. The appendix includes a copy of the survey questionnaire.