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Michael Bunce
Associate Professor Emeritus

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Email: bunce@utsc.utoronto.ca
Department: Geography & IDS

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Research Interests & Work in Progress

  • Rural Studies
  • Agricultural land-use
  • Tourism and Environment

Teaching Interests & Responsibilities

  • The Geography of Global Processes
  • Agriculture
  • Environment and Development
  • Tourism
  • Environment and Development

Awards & Grants

  • 2004: SSHRC/SIG Grant,The Amenitisation of Rural Space and the Sustainability of Small Island States: Examination of Development Alternatives in the Eastern Caribbean.
  • 2001: SSHRC, General Research Grant, $600,Exurban Residential Landscapes in the Greater Toronto Area.
  • 1999: SSHRC General Research Grant, $2,794,Golf Course Resort Development in Barbados.

Publications

  • Bunce, M. with Maurer, J. 2005, Prospects for Agriculture in the Toronto Region: The Farmer Perspective, Neptis Foundation: Toronto.
  • "From One Estate to Another: Suburbanisation and the Transformation of Rural Space in Barbados" in The Structure and Dynamics of Rural Territories: Geographical Perspectives: edited by Ramsey, D. and C. Bryant, Rural Development Institute: Brandon University, Manitoba, 2004.
  • "Prorection des espaces ruraux dans le Plan du Ceinture Verdure de la region du Greater Golden Horseshoe, Ontario".
  • presented at special session on Governance of Peri-urban regions (Gouvernance de Territoires Périurbains), Congrés de l’Acfas, Trois Rivieres, Québec , May 7-8, 2007.