High Park, Scarborough Bluffs, the Humber Valley, the Port Lands. These are among the special places of Toronto. Each is a unique ecosystem within the busy urban region. Even though Torontonians think of the city as almost entirely built up, savannah or wetlands are only a subway ride away. Special Places explores the changing ecosystems of the Toronto area over this century, looking at the environmental conditions that influence the whole region and at the surprising range of plants and animals you can still find in many of its natural spaces.
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The Royal Canadian Institute's Special Places: The Changing Ecosystems of the Toronto Region unlocks the doors of Toronto's many secret gardens ... Special Places is far more than a benign statement of scientific facts about the Toronto region. It successfully presents both a tool and a challenge for local policy makers and land developers to incorporate into the future development of Toronto. Nature Canada Ideal for anyone in the Greater Toronto Area with an interest in the local environment ... timely ... easy to read. -- Barry Kent MacKay Toronto Star This visually and intellectually attractive volume presents an exquisitely designed natural history of Toronto's metropolitan area. Elements of the dynamic urban ecosystem are woven together, including vital human and natural environmental components, creating an enlightening depiction of the value of the region's natural places ... A valuable book for academic audiences. -- M. Evans, SUNY Empire State College Choice Special Places endears itself further to the reader by ending not only with a sober assessment of the precariousness of the "Evolving Urban Ecology," but also with some cautiously optimistic conclusions of we continue to care about our "Special Places." -- Lothar Honnighausen Canadian Literature 184, Spring 2005
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200 colour and b&w illustrations
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Höhe: 254 mm
Breite: 229 mm
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978-0-7748-0735-7 (9780774807357)
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Betty Roots and Donald Chant are both Emeritus Professors, Department of Zoology, University of Toronto. Betty Roots was also Director, Life Sciences Division of the Academy of Science, Royal Society of Canada. Conrad Heidenreich teaches in the Department of Geography at York University.
Foreword / Dr. Roberta L. Bondar Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1: The Broad Physical Basis 1. Physical Setting: A Story of Changing Environments through Time 2. Climate 3. Watersheds Part 2: From Wilderness to City 4. Native Settlement to 1847 5. Spatial Growth Part 3: The Past and Present Natural Environment 6. Ecology, Ecosystems, and the Greater Toronto Region 7. Vascular Plants 8. Mosses, Liverworts, Hornworts, and Lichens 9. Fungi 10. Invertebrates 11. Insects 12. Fish 13. Reptiles and Amphibians 14. Mammals 15. Birds Part 4: The Special Places 16. From Acquisition to Restoration: A History of Protecting Toronto's Natural Places 17. Special Places Waterfront Ecosystems: Restoring Is Remembering Toronto's Port Lands: The Significance of the Ordinary Scarborough Bluffs The Savannahs of High Park Oak Ridges Moraine Credit River Humber Valley Don Valley Duffins Creek Rouge Valley 18. Discussion and Conclusions The History of the Royal Canadian Institute Afterword / David Crombie References and Additional Reading Contributors' Acknowledgments
