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Mapping the Ecological Footprint of a new expressway in Ontario
– By Bart Hawkins Kreps and Bumika Srikanthalingam – The Ontario provincial government is planning a new expressway through primarily rural lands to the north of the existing Toronto urban area. The plan has been opposed by environmental and sustainable city advocates for its expected effects in reducing biodiversity, encouraging urban sprawl, and destroying farmlands, woodlands, and…
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Measuring bioproductivity in cityscapes: the research of Anne van Berkum
– Profile written by Bart Hawkins Kreps – Imagine you’re looking at a one-hectare parking lot surrounded by fertile farmland. And imagine that there are two rows of trees growing in narrow green strips built through this parking lot. How would you estimate the Biocapacity of this hectare? Since it was taken from farmland, would you…