Download or read book Don River Watershed Plan written by Toronto and Region Conservation Authority and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Don River Watershed Plan written by Metropolitan Toronto and Region Conservation Authority and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Don River Watershed Site Evaluation written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2006, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority began the process of updating the science on the Don River Watershed and developing a new Don River Watershed Plan. The need for innovative stormwater management practices emerged as a key component of the recommendations from the new Don plan. Much of the watershed is already built up so the emphasis is on retrofitting existing communities with enhanced stormwater management. Stormwater source controls (also called low impact development measures) such as permeable pavement, bioswales, rain gardens, rainwater harvesting and downspout disconnection are recommended for private and public lands. As space and capital dollars for stormwater work are limited, creative solutions that achieve multiple objectives and integrate well with existing communities are needed. To illustrate possible scenarios for implementing the watershed plan's recommendations at a local scale, five concept site plans were developed. The sites were chosen to be representative of common challenges faced in many locations throughout the watershed. The plans illustrated a suite of actions that could be implemented to achieve gains in water quality, water balance, erosion control, natural heritage protection and community engagement within the context of other sustainability elements. Three of the five site plans proposed significant stormwater source control activities. As a part of a broader research initiative to support the development of a hydrologic modelling tool, CMHC provided research funding to apply the hydrologic model to the three sites to assess the outcomes of different residential developments and other measures on stormwater and how innovative practices can mitigate adverse environmental impacts of stormwater. The hydrologic modelling was used to estimate the potential reductions in peak flows (and associated flood risk and erosion potential) and overall flow volume that might result from implementing these measures.
Download or read book Wet Weather Flow Management Master Plan written by Toronto (Ont.) and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Don Watershed Regeneration Plan written by Don Watershed Task Force and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Turning the Corner written by Don Watershed Regeneration Council and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Don River Watershed written by H.G. Acres & Co and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Undressed Toronto written by Dale Barbour and published by Univ. of Manitoba Press. This book was released on 2021-10-01 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Undressed Toronto looks at the life of the swimming hole and considers how Toronto turned boys skinny dipping into comforting anti-modernist folk figures. By digging into the vibrant social life of these spaces, Barbour challenges narratives that pollution and industrialization in the nineteenth century destroyed the relationship between Torontonians and their rivers and waterfront. Instead, we find that these areas were co-opted and transformed into recreation spaces: often with the acceptance of indulgent city officials. While we take the beach for granted today, it was a novel form of public space in the nineteenth century and Torontonians had to decide how it would work in their city. To create a public beach, bathing needed to be transformed from the predominantly nude male privilege that it had been in the mid-nineteenth century into an activity that women and men could participate in together. That transformation required negotiating and establishing rules for how people would dress and behave when they bathed and setting aside or creating distinct environments for bathing. Undressed Toronto challenges assumptions about class, the urban environment, and the presentation of the naked body. It explores anxieties about modernity and masculinity and the weight of nostalgia in public perceptions and municipal regulation of public bathing in five Toronto environments that showcase distinct moments in the transition from vernacular bathing to the public beach: the city’s central waterfront, Toronto Island, the Don River, the Humber River, and Sunnyside Beach on Toronto’s western shoreline.
Download or read book Two Billion Trees and Counting written by John Bacher and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2011-07-13 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short-listed for the 2012 Speaker’s Book Award Edmund Zavitz (1875–1968) rescued Ontario from the ravages of increasingly more powerful floods, erosion, and deadly fires. Wastelands were talking over many hectares of once-flourishing farmlands and towns. Sites like the Oak Ridges Moraine were well on their way to becoming a dust bowl and all because of extensive deforestation. Zavitz held the positions of chief forester of Ontario, deputy minister of forests, and director of reforestation. His first pilot reforestation project was in 1905, and since then Zavitz has educated the public and politicians about the need to protect Ontario forests. By the mid-1940s, conservation authorities, provincial nurseries, forestry stations, and bylaws protecting trees were in place. Land was being restored. Just a month before his death, the one billionth tree was planted by Premier John Robarts. Some two billion more would follow. As a result of Zavitz’s work, the Niagara Escarpment, once a wasteland, is now a UNESCO World Biosphere. Recognition of the ongoing need to plant trees to protect our future continues as the legacy of Edmund Zavitz.
Download or read book Reclaiming the Don written by Jennifer L. Bonnell and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With Reclaiming the Don, Jennifer L. Bonnell unearths the missing story of the relationship between the river, the valley, and the city, from the establishment of the town of York in the 1790s to the construction of the Don Valley Parkway in the 1960s.
Download or read book Draft Watershed Plan and Draft Environmental Impact Statement Rogue River Watershed Newaygo Kent Montcalm Muskegon Ottawa Counties Michigan written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tales of the Don written by Charles Sauriol and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 1984-11-15 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I remember them as though they had happened yesterday." So writes author-naturalist Charles Sauriol in reference to his many memorable experiences within Toronto's Don River Valley. From Scout outings in 1920 to pioneer cottaging, train excursions, maple syrup making, beekeeping and countless other activities, the author's long association with the Don makes for fascinating reading in this sequel to his earlier book, Remembering the Don. Tales of the Don provides for Toronto residents and visitors alike a picture window through which they may see the valley as it was years ago. A vital part of a great city's heritage has been preserved thanks to Charles Sauriol's foresight, tenacity and unshakeable love of subject. Once again "The King of the Don Valley," in his quaint and refreshing way, has written a book that will delight his sizeable following and undoubtedly gain for him many new readers.
Download or read book MetroGreen written by Donna Erickson and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2012-09-26 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In metropolitan areas across the country, you can hear the laments over the loss of green space to new subdivisions and strip malls. But some city residents have taken unprecedented measures to protect their open land, and a growing movement seeks not only to preserve these lands but to link them in green corridors. Many land-use and urban planning professionals, along with landscape architects and environmental advocates, have joined in efforts to preserve natural areas. MetroGreen answers their call for a deeper exploration of the latest thinking and newest practices in this growing conservation field. In ten case studies of U.S. and Canadian cities paired for comparative analysis-Toronto and Chicago, Calgary and Denver, and Vancouver and Portland among them-Erickson looks closely at the motivations and objectives for connecting open spaces across metropolitan areas. She documents how open-space networks have been successfully created and protected, while also highlighting the critical human and ecological benefits of connectivity. MetroGreen's unique focus on several cities rather than a single urban area offers a perspective on the political, economic, cultural, and environmental conditions that affect open-space planning and the outcomes of its implementation.
Download or read book City of Renton East Side Green River Watershed Plan written by R.W. Beck (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rappahannock River Watershed Plan written by Fredericksburg (Va.). Office of Planning & Community Development and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Integrated Management Plan for Ban Don Bay and Phangnga Bay Thailand written by and published by WorldFish. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book East Fork of the Grand River Watershed Plan Ringgold County IA Union County IA Harrison County MO Worth County MO written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
