Greenspace Alliance of Canada’s Capital
Greenspace Readings
Below you will find a list of our readings.
Readings – EN
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A framework for the practical science necessary to restore … ecosystems
(December 2016 article)
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Atlanta’s Emerald Necklace
(June 2007)
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Benefits of Urban Greenspace
(May 2017)
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Beyond Green Buildings
(NCC Urbanism Lab, 20 November 2018)
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Bird song and mental health
(two October 2022 articles)
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Carbon abatement from planting street trees in New York City
(2013 article)
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Chicago updates its 2006 Nature and Wildlife Plan
(2011)
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Cities: More-than-human
(25 October 2018)
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Combatting soil erosion
(July 2007)
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Community Stewardship and Biodiversity Enhancement of Public Greenspaces
(April 2023 article)
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Conservation Action Planning
(A-to-A webinar, 6 June 2017)
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Conservation of birds in fragmented landscapes requires protected areas
(March 2022 article)
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Constructed wetlands: References
(July 2017)
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Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Landscape architect par excellence
(Aug-Sep 2016; May 2021)
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Ecodesign for Cities and Suburbs
(Jun/Oct 2015)
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Ecological responses to habitat fragmentation per se
(2017 article)
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Exposure to natural environment makes you behave less impulsively
(2014 article)
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Greenbelt Natural Resource Bibliography
– 1969-2011 (NCC document)
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Green infrastructure: Cost comparison
(Oct 2014)
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Greenspace and Health: Some Statistics Canada and other Resources
(January 2024)
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Green spaces and health: References
(2008; 2013; 2015; 2019)
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How communities can take action to reduce runoff and runoff pollution
(July 2017)
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How nature nurtures: Amygdala activity decreases as the result of a one-hour walk in nature
(September 2022 article)
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Important report on systemic insecticides and pollinators
(2012 report)
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Land use in the 905: Sibbald Photography
(June 2007)
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Lessons on wetland offsetting for Ontario
(July 2017 report; June 2023 update)
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Living in the Land
(Lorne Peterson)
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Mental Health Benefits of the Outdoors
(29 January 2020)
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More green space makes for healthier babies
(July 2014 article)
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NCC Lands: The dollar value of their ecological goods and services
(Dec 2016 study)
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New medicinal plants book Canada
(May 2007)
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OBEC workshop on conservation of habitat
(28 October 2017)
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On cats killing birds
(2015 article; 2016, 2021 updates)
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Ontario Communities Sustainability Report, and other comparables
(2007)
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Overcoming societal addictions: What can we learn from individual therapies?
(October 2016 article)
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Oxford Forum for Sustainable Cities 2015
(1 Oct 2015)
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Philadelphia aiming to be “Greenest City in America”
(20 Jan 2014)
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Progress in natural capital accounting for ecosystems
(31 January 2020)
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Randy Boswell on the Rideau River
(7 Ottawa Citizen articles, July 5 – August 17, 2021)
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Residential green space and child intelligence and behavior
(18 August 2020)
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Role of small water bodies in landscape nutrient processing
(June 2017 article)
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Street trees and health in Toronto, and other tales
(21 September 2016)
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Structural and Functional Loss in Restored Wetland Ecosystems
(2012 article)
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Suburban Sprawl: Exposing Hidden Costs, Identifying Innovations
(Oct 2013 report)
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TEEB Manual for Cities
(2012 report; 2014, 2019 updates)
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The Best Dose of Nature and Green Exercise for Improving Mental Health – A Multi-study Analysis
(March 2010)
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The Case for Saving Natural Areas
(May 2014)
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The landscape architect making friends with flooding
(December 21, 2021 article)
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Trees: Four book reviews
(from the Globe & Mail, 31 July 2021)
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Upholding science-based risk assessment under a weakened Endangered Species Act
(10 December 2020 article)
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Urban Forests and the Wood Wide Web
(February 2018)
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Urban greenness and mortality in Canada’s largest cities: a national cohort study
(Oct 2017)
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Urban green spaces: An integrative approach
(2011 article)
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Urban Heat Island Effect: The Fine-grained Picture
(9 April 2019)
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Valuing ecosystem services for urban planning
(Dec 2014)
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Valuing Toronto’s faith congregations
(June 2016 study)
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Vanishing: More Than 1 in 4 Birds Has Disappeared in the Last 50 Years
(19 September 2019)
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When the big storm hits
– the role of wetlands to limit urban and rural flood damage (July 2017 report)
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The Greenspace Alliance
Contact Information
Postal address
P.O. Box 45032, Kanata RPO Bridlewood
Kanata, ON K2M 2Y1