ENSC 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Engo, Oak Ridges Moraine, Environmental Impact Assessment
20 Aug 2016
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Provincial policy statement: what the province is interested in with regards to land use planning. Wetland and areas of natural & scientific interest. Role of mapping and conformity in planning. Niagara escarpment planning and development act (1973) Options for a greater toronto greenlands strategy. Adequacy of existing environmental planning approvals process for the. Basis for the natural heritage system proposed by the technical working committee. The first expression of core and corridor concepts, based on. Developers proposed only a few, minor local corridors. Province of ontario and the environmental movement proposed long corridors of up to 2km wide. Toronto region conservation authority proposed intermediate sized corridors 200-300 m wide. Ontario planning policy and law in ontario did not allow for the acceptance and approval o the linkage system as proposed by the government. Corridor increased from 4% in the geomatics international (1993) report to. 24% in the oak ridges moraine conservation plan.
