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CANADA - The Niagara Escarpment Plan


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CANADA - The Niagara Escarpment Plan
An outline of the requirements and forward plans necessary to protect the natural environment in Canada's Ontario District.
845 words (approx. 3.4 pages) | 4 sources | APA | 2008 United States


Paper Summary:

The papers discusses Canada's environmental land use plan known as the Niagara Escarpment biosphere reserve and details the seven designated areas in the plan. The paper continues with the plans and objectives to be achieved for these particular areas and addresses the necessity for protecting the environment and agricultural areas.

From the Paper:

"The core and buffer areas cover 92 percent of the area, and the transition areas are where more intense development is allowed for another 8 percent of the area. The objectives of the Plan are noted in the legislation passed to facilitate it:
(a) to protect unique ecologic and historic areas;
(b) to maintain and enhance the quality and character of natural streams and water supplies;
(c) to provide opportunities for outdoor recreation;
(d) to maintain and enhance the open landscape, allowing for compatible farming or forestry and for preserving the natural scenery;
(e) to make all new development compatible with the purpose of this Act;
(f) to provide for adequate public access to the Niagara Escarpment; and
(g) to support municipalities within the Niagara Escarpment Planning Area as they exercise their planning functions as conferred upon them by the Planning Act. "

Sample of Sources Used:

  • About the Niagara Escarpment (2007). Niagara Escarpment Commission. Retrieved June 14, 2007 from http://www.escarpment.org/About/planning.htm.
  • Building a greenbelt (2002). Retrieved June 14, 2007 from http://www.mah.gov.on.ca/Page1396.aspx#6.
  • Last summer to save Lake Simcoe? (2006, August 15). Nature Network. Retrieved June 14, 2007 from https://id408.van.ca.siteprotect.com/ontarionature/network/newsletters/nnnews_aug_15_2006.html.
  • The Niagara Escarpment Plan (2005, June 1). Retrieved June 14, 2007 from http://www.escarpment.org/Publications/NEP_05_intro.pdf.

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APA Citation:

CANADA - The Niagara Escarpment Plan (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 13, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Research-Paper-CANADA-The-Niagara-Escarpment-Plan/104608

MLA Citation:

"CANADA - The Niagara Escarpment Plan" 15 January 2012. Web. 13 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Research-Paper-CANADA-The-Niagara-Escarpment-Plan/104608>




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