The Ecology of Quotation
Sometimes I am not so sharp in recording the details of where and when I have come across some interesting tidbit. Take for example
Beyond the need for the City to conform to the Provincial Policy Statement, and the desire of many residents to have natural heritage within their community, an often overlooked benefit of preserving natural heritage in urban and urbanizing areas lies in the ability of these areas to provide a wide range of “ecological services” not typically quantified or valued in conventional analyses. These services include groundwater protection, water treatment, flood control, and air quality improvement, and in some forums have begun to be considered as a vital component of a municipality’s infrastructure and given the specific label of “green infrastructure” or “natural capital” (e.g., Benedict and McMahon 2002; Oleweiler 2004; Wilkie and Roach 2004; Ewing and Kostyack 2005).This appears to be about the City which given the reference to the Provincial Policy Statement is "Toronto" but it could be any large municipality in the Province of Ontario. Running the references through a search engine does not net the document in question but does bring me a document about the urban forest in Guelph.
Benedict M.A. and McMahon E.T. 2002. Green Infrastructure: Smart Conservation for the 21st Century. Sprawl Watch Clearinghouse Monograph Series. URL: www.sprawlwatch.org (verified June 2007).
Olewiler, N. 2004. The Value of Natural Capital in Settled Areas of Canada. Published by Ducks Unlimited Canada and the Nature Conservancy of Canada, 36 pp.
Wilkie, K. and R. Roach. 2004. The Benefits of Urban Natural Capital: A Natural Capital Project Discussion Paper - Green Among the Concrete. Published by the Canada West Foundation, Calgary AB, April 2004, 19 p.
Ewing, R. and J. Kostyack. 2005. Endangered by Sprawl: How Runaway Development Threatens America’s Wildlife. Published by National Wildlife Federation, Smart Growth America and Nature Serve, Washington D.C., January 2005, 53 p.
The urban forest has been recognized as a visual amenity and for its environmental benefits for several decades, but has only recently begun to be considered as a vital component of a municipality’s infrastructure, and given the specific label of “green infrastructure” or “natural capital” (e.g., Benedict and McMahon 2002; Wilkie and Roach 2004; Ewing and Kostyack 2005).Ideas like citations travel in packs.
http://guelph.ca/wp-content/uploads/Framework-for-Strategic-Urban-Forest-Mgmt-Plan.pdf
Interesting to note that my unidentified City grey literature records verification of the Sprawl Watch monograph as being done in June 2007. Also the case with the Guelph paper. Some people were sharing info to construct their best policy advice. Or the search engines were directing them to the same sources.
And so for day 1565
27.03.2011
