At the wilderness edge : the rise of the antidevelopment movement on Canada's West Coast / J.I. Little.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Little, J. I. (John Irvine), 1947- author.

Series:

McGill-Queen's rural, wildland, and resource studies series ; 11.

McGill-Queen's rural, wildland, and resource studies series ; 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Protest movements--British Columbia.

Protest movements.

Green movement--British Columbia.

Green movement.

Economic development--Social aspects--British Columbia.

Economic development.

Economic development--Social aspects.

British Columbia.

Physical Description:

x, 200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2019.

Summary:

"Vancouver prides itself on being a green city, and the west coast is known for its active environmental protest culture. But the roots of this mentality reach far beyond the founding of organizations such as Greenpeace. Small campaigns led by local community groups from the 1960s onward left a lasting impact on the region. At the Wilderness Edge examines five anti-development campaigns in and around Vancouver that reflected a dramatic decline in public support for large-scale commercial and industrial projects. J.I. Little describes the highly effective protests that were instrumental in preserving threatened green spaces on Coal Harbour, Hollyburn Ridge, Bowen Island, Gambier Island, and the Squamish estuary, keeping these important British Columbia landmarks from becoming a high-rise development project, a downhill ski resort, a suburban housing tract, an open-pit copper mine, and a major coal port, respectively. Through detailed analysis of development proposals and protests, government studies, and community responses, Little argues that it was not the usual suspects--1960s radicalism and anti-establishment youth culture--that initiated and carried out these protests, but rather middle-aged, middle-class, politically engaged citizens, many of whom were women. An engaging study of grass-roots politics in action, At the Wilderness Edge sheds new light on the rise of environmental consciousness, a pivotal era in the history of British Columbia, the Pacific Northwest, and Canada."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

"One of the finest pieces of empty real estate in Canada" : the creation of Devonian Harbour Park, 1963-83

"The greatest playground in the entire Dominion" : defending Hollyburn Ridge, 1932-76

"Restful refuge" or "Vancouver's bedroom"? The making of Bowen Island's first official community plan, 1969-77

"The Newcastle of the Pacific"? Protecting the Squamish estuary and Howe Sound, 1971-79

"The best use of this island is for recreation" : resisting the Gambier Island Copper Mine Proposal, 1979-85.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Little, J.I. (John Irvine), 1947- At the wilderness edge.:

ISBN:

0773556400

9780773556409

9780773556300

0773556303

OCLC:

1045734251