Environments

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Planning for health through the built environment: an introduction.(Report)
To begin, consider the conception of planning as the link between knowledge and action (Friedmann 1987). Or as the process and practice that mediates between past, present and future (Dempster 1998) . . .

Designing healthy places: land use planning and public health.(Report)
Abstract Health systems everywhere are currently struggling with the burden of 21st century public health problems, most notably chronic disease and injuries. In light of growing concerns about th . . .

Creating safe and healthy communities.
Abstract This article describes how smart growth policies and mobility management programs can help create healthier and safer communities by reducing per capita automobile travel and increasing u . . .

Child Friendly Cities and land use planning: implications for children's health.(Report)
Abstract The environment surrounding us sends strong messages about how to behave and what to perceive. Planners and decision-makers play a key role in constructing these messages, and therefore h . . .

Multi-sectoral collaboratives for health through the built environment: seven stories, seven lessons, seven truths.(Report)
Abstract The importance of the built environment as a critical influence on public health is receiving increasing attention from researchers, planners and health professionals. While it seems impo . . .

Physical determinism, modernism and mental health.(IDEAS)(Viewpoint essay)
Abstract Does the physical/built environment have an impact on our mental and physical well-being? Over time, various doctrines--and countering reactions--have provided different answers to this q . . .

Environmental Policy and Politics (Revised, 4th Edition).(Book review)
Kraft, Michael E. 2007. New York: Pearson Education, 308 pages, ISBN 0-321-24353-6 (paper) US $44.20 (paper). Reviewed by Eric R. A. N. Smith, Department of Political Science, University of Califo . . .

Political Theory and the Ecological Challenge.(Book review)
Dobson, A. and R. Eckersley, eds. 2006. New York: Cambridge University Press, 261 pages, ISBN 978-0-521-83810-8 (hardcover)/978-0-521-54698-0 (paper). US $75 (hardcover) / US $29.99 (paper). Revie . . .

Climate Change: Turning up the Heat.(Book review)
Pittock, A. Barrie. 2005. London: Earthscan/James & James, 272 pages, ISBN 1-84407-300-9. pb [pounds sterling]19.99. Reviewed by Julie Friddell, Manager, IP3 Research Network, Department of Geogra . . .

Suburban Dystopia and the Threat of Peak Oil: A Review of the Videos The End of Suburbia, Escape from Suburbia and Radiant City.
Gregory Greene (Director) Barry Silverthorn (Producer). 2004. The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream. The Electric Wallpaper Company, 78 minutes, ISBN 097369470X/D . . .

From seed to table: the challenge of creating sustainable food systems.
Introduction Concern over environmental conditions, health, and social justice is creating a groundswell of interest in the creation of more sustainable food systems. Both ubiquitous and complex, . . .

Canada's evolving seed regime: relations of industry, state, and seed savers.
Abstract The world's agro-diversity is based on the traditional practices of growers saving and selecting seeds; however, a different understanding of the value of seeds and growers has taken hold . . .

Developing and utilizing a database for mapping the temporal and spatial variation in the availability of "local foods" in Briti
Abstract In response to growing concerns regarding food security, nutrition-related health problems, and environmental degradation, the marketing of "local foods" has gained popularity. However, b . . .

Extreme local food: two case studies in assisted urban small plot intensive agriculture.
Abstract As worries over the environmental impact of the industrial food system grow the idea of locally produced food is becoming increasingly popular. This includes a growing interest in the "ul . . .

Changing food systems and implications for sustainable communities: Cyprus, Canada, and Brazil.
Abstract Food systems worldwide have changed as a result of the increasing industrialization in agriculture, consolidation in the food chain (production, processing and distribution), and shifting . . .

Traditional food knowledge: a case study of an immigrant Canadian "foodscape".
Abstract Traditional food knowledge (TFK) refers to the cultural tradition of sharing food provisioning skills, techniques and cultural beliefs from generation to generation. Traditional food know . . .

On the challenge of creating sustainable food systems.(COMMENTARY)
For years people have lived by the maxim, 'you are what you eat.' The general principle is to eat food that is good for your body. If you eat unhealthy food then you'll be unhealthy. This is good, s . . .

Potluck connections from a food-systems muser.
I welcome the opportunity to ruminate here on some of the ideas raised by this volume, and upon my food systems joys and perplexities more generally. The papers in this volume explored some intrigui . . .

The Painted Valley, Artists Along Alberta's Bow River, 1845-2000.
Armstrong, C. and H.V. Nelles 2007. Calgary, AB: University of Calgary Press, 200 pages, ISBN 978-1-55238-207-3 (paper), CDN $54.95 (paper). Landscape in its pure unadulterated form is not man mad . . .

A Contract with the Earth.
Gingrich, Newt and Terry L. Maple. 2007. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 252 pages, ISBN: 978-0-8018-8780-2 (hardcover), US $20.00 (hardcover) In 1994, during the US Congressional e . . .

Integrated Resource and Environmental Management: Concepts and Practice.
Hanna, Kevin and D. Scott Slocombe. 2007. Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press, 288 pages ISBN 978-0-19-542049-4 (paper), CDN $49.95 Suitable primarily for upper level undergraduate university s . . .

Harnessing Farms and Forests in the Low-Carbon Economy: How to Create, Measure and Verify Greenhouse Gas Offsets.
Willey, Zach and Bill Chameides. 2007. Durham: Duke University Press, 240 pages, ISBN: 978-0-8223-4186-0 (paperback), CDN $60.00 (paperback) The Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutio . . .

Nation-wide decentralized governance arrangements and capacities for integrated watershed management: issues and insights from C
Abstract This paper explores existing decentralized governance arrangements and capacities for integrated watershed management in Canada across its thirteen provinces and territories, with particu . . .

Impact and benefit agreements: a contentious issue for environmental and aboriginal justice.
Abstract Impact and benefit agreements (IBAs) have become a common part of a standard package of agreements negotiated between an industrial proponent and a representative aboriginal organization. . . .

Climate change, sea-level rise and the case for salt marsh restoration in the Bay of Fundy, Canada.
Abstract Over the next century society will be facing significant increases in temperature and sea-level, which pose a growing threat to low-lying coastal communities. To protect these communities . . .

Population growth and sustainability: Canadian considerations.(IDEAS)
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to briefly chart how Canada's population has grown and will continue to grow well into the 21st century. In so doing, we shall place this demographic increase . . .

Governing Canada's Freshwater Resources: Weaknesses, Challenges, Innovations.
Bakker, K (ed). 2007. Vancouver, BC: UBC Press, 440 pages, ISBN 13: 978-0-7748-1339-6. pb $29.95 Bakker, and 27 contributing authors, explore five themes in Eau Canada: water governance; transboun . . .

Monitoring Manual for Grassland, Shrubland and Savanna Ecosystems.
Herrick, J., J.W. Van Zee, K.M. Kavstad, and W.G. Whitford. 2005. Las Cruces: USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range, ISBN 978-0-9755552-0-0 (paper), CDN $24.95 (paper). Ecosystems of the semiarid en . . .

Energy Autonomy: the Economic, Social and Technological Case for Renewable Energy.
Scheer, Hermann 2007. Sterling, VA: EarthScan Publications, 320 pages, ISBN 978-1-84407-355-9 (hardcover), CDN $39.95 (hardcover). If the frequent mention of wind power, solar energy systems and b . . .

Towards a Sense of Place: Preparing Heritage Landscape Guides--A Manual for Urban and Rural Communities in Ontario.
Nelson, J.G. and Preston, S.M. 2005. University of Waterloo: An Environments Publication. c/o The Heritage Resources Centre, University of Waterloo What makes for a vibrant, animated, and livable . . .

Conservation is our government now: the politics of ecology in Papua New Guinea.
West. P. 2006. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 352 pages, ISBN 0-8223-3712-6 (unjacketed library cloth) / 0-8223-3749-5 (paper), CDN $79.95 (unjacketed library cloth), CDN $22.95 (paper). . . .

Is there anything "good" about Everglades restoration?
Will restoration become a practice that turns out ecosystems as predictable commodities, in perfect order, according to the principles of technical expertise? Alternatively, will it remai . . .

On "is there anything "good" about Everglades restoration?".(COMMENTARY)
William O'Brien and Jennifer McIvor pose an elegant general question: how do large-scale top-down restoration projects fare against expanded definitions of restoration? The Everglades restoration pr . . .

Restoration in mind: placing ecological restoration in a cultural context.(Report)
Introduction A dry stream, a disappearing forest, and a vision of what used to be: this is how many restoration projects begin. Wanting to restore the landscape that once existed in a place, peopl . . .

Capturing the past and planning for the future: building a digital library for Oregon's Sustainable Community.(Report)
Introduction Portland, Oregon has a reputation for strong land use planning, protecting green space, and investing in a regional transportation system. Various reports, maps, meeting notes and oth . . .

Linking integrated community sustainability planning and watershed planning in Ontario, Canada.(Report)
Introduction Watershed planning is continuing to move in the direction of integrated resource management in the Province of Ontario, Canada. For example, the focus of watershed management has evol . . .

Motivations, training and supervision of volunteers in conservation.(RESEARCH NOTE)
Introduction Ecological monitoring is widely regarded as fundamental to the protection, utilization and management of the Earth's natural resources (Vaughan et al. 2001, Firbank et al. 2003, Spell . . .

Sustainability and the city: introduction.(SPECIAL SECTION)
The three papers in this special section originated as presentations of a panel at the 2006 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences held at York University. Since the Congress theme was "The . . .

Community-based solutions to urban sustainability.
Urban sustainability is going to be the challenge of this century. The world's urban population is expected to reach 5.1 billion by 2025--with urban defined as any settlement of at least 2000 reside . . .

Genuine wealth: building economies of well-being.
Robert Kennedy, in one of his last public speeches in 1968, noted that "Too much and too long, we seem to have surrendered community excellence and community values in the mere accumulation of mater . . .

Sustainable cities: fact or fiction?
What makes a city sustainable? Is it a question of limits or scale--can a city be too big, can a community be too small to be sustainable? Or is it the most energy-efficient state-of-the-art green b . . .

Immortal River: The Upper Mississippi in Ancient and Modern Times.
Immortal River: The Upper Mississippi in Ancient and Modern Times Fremling, Calvin R. 2005. Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press, 472 pages, ISBN 0-299-20290-9 (cloth) / ISBN 0-299-20 . . .

The Earthscan Reader in Environmental Values.
The Earthscan Reader in Environmental Values Kalof, Linda and Terre Satterfield (eds.) 2005. London: Earthscan, 368 pages, ISBN 1-84407-1677 (hardcover)/1-84407-1669 (paper), [pounds sterling]80.0 . . .

Challenged Earth: An Overview of Humanity's Stewardship of Earth.
Challenged Earth: An Overview of Humanity's Stewardship of Earth Lincoln, Stephen F. 2006. London: Imperial College Press, 533 pages, ISBN 1-86094-526-0 (hardcover), [pounds sterling]34.00 (hardco . . .

Deep Futures: Our Prospects for Survival.
Deep Futures: Our Prospects for Survival Cocks, D. 2003. Montreal, QC and Kingston, ON: McGill-Queen's University Press. ISBN 0-7735-2671-4 (cloth)/ 0-7735-2672-2 (paper), CDN $80.00 (cloth), CDN . . .

Introduction: evaluation in resource and environmental planning.(Case study)
Abstract Evaluation systematically assesses performance of policies in meeting goals. The primary purpose of evaluation is to provide information to help improve programs. There are many approache . . .

Evaluating collaborative planning: a case study of a Land and Resource Management Planning process.(Case study)
Abstract Planners increasingly rely on collaborative planning models that engage stakeholders to develop plans through consensus-based negotiations. While support for using collaborative planning . . .

Incorporating shared decision making in forest management planning: an evaluation of Ontario's Resource Stewardship Agreement pr
Abstract Ontario's Resource Stewardship Agreement (RSA) process introduced shared decision making into the management toolbox for land use planning in Ontario's Crown forests. Within the RSA proce . . .

Evaluating Canada's Accord for the Prohibition of Bulk-Water Removal from Drainage Basins: will it hold water?(Report)
Abstract A major challenge in environmental policymaking in Canada is managing conflicts between the federal and provincial governments arising from overlapping jurisdiction under the Constitution . . .

Evaluating protected areas selection processes: a case study of land use planning in British Columbia.(Case study)
Abstract Protected area designation is a key component of sustainable land use planning. This paper reports the perspectives of stakeholders concerning those factors used to select protected areas . . .