Sustainable Rural Communities Research Program

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Rural Environments

  • Models and best practices for building effective local food systems. K. Landman 2008-2009

  • Municipal readiness for environmental planning: Innovation and best practices towards sustainability for rural communities. W. Caldwell 2007-2008

  • New markets, new farms (?): connecting immigrant farmers with ethno-cultural food communities in Ontario. J. Smithers 2007-2008

  • Rural-urban linkages for local food in the city of Guelph - County of Wellington landscape. K. Landman 2007-2008

  • New markets, new farms (?): connecting immigrant farmers with ethno-cultural food communities in Ontario. J. Smithers 2007-2008

  • Municipal Brownfields Community Improvement Plans in Ontario: An Inventory. W. Caldwell 2006

  • A review and synthesis of best practices for siting wind energy facilities in rural Ontario. R. Corry 2006

  • A best practice comparison of alternative energy projects in Denmark and Germany. A. Fuller 2006

  • Rural urban linkages: Community research & policy for urban agriculture and local food. K. Landman 2006

  • Concern, Conflict and Costs of Environmental Regulation for Agriculture. C. Pearson 2006  

  • Assessing alternate policies to support farmland preservation programs. S. Hilts 2005-2006

  • Local Food Systems: Linking and Sustaining Agriculture and Rural Communities in Ontario. J. Smithers. 2004-2007

  • Ontario farmland conservation research program: policy options for conserving farmland and rural communities. S. Hilts 2003-2005

  • Improving sustainability and nutrient management of an agricultural watershed. G. Filson 2003-2004

  • The impact of environmental management systems on agriculture and environment in Ontario. J. Fitzgibbon 2003-2005

  • Preliminary Investigation of Non-Farm Land Ownership and Land Stewardship Patterns in Rural Ontario. S. Hilts 2002-2003

  • Modeling environmental consequences of residential expansion into the agricultural countryside.  R. Brown 1995-1996

  • GIS mapping of social science indicators of landscape quality. J. Taylor 1995-1996

  • GIS-Based Sustainability Indicators and Information Sharing Within Watershed Management Units as a Basis for Community Sustainability. J. Taylor 1997-1998