UID:
edocfu_9959235402702883
Format:
1 online resource (256 p.)
ISBN:
1-4426-0929-X
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1-4426-0928-1
Content:
Freshwater is in great supply across much of Canada. However, competing and changing demands on its use are leading to ever more complex political arrangements. This volume offers an integrated survey of that complexity, combining historical and contemporary cases in a conceptually-informed exploration of water politics.
Note:
Part One: Freshwater Politics. 1 Water Politics as Diversity -- Case Study: James-West River Watershed -- 2 Power and Freshwater -- Case Study: Boat Harbour Watershed -- 3 Group Politics and Water -- Case Study: Athabasca River Watershed -- 4 The Freshwater State -- Case Study: Souris River Watershed.
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Part Two: Fields of Engagement -- 5 Fisheries and Pollution -- Case Study: Miramichi River Watershed -- 6 Irrigation Politics -- Case Study: Oldman River Watershed -- 7 Flooding and Flood Control -- Case Study: Red River Watershed -- 8 Hydro-power -- Case Study: La Grande River Watershed -- 9 Groundwater Politics -- Case Study: PEI Groundwatersheds -- 10 Emerging Trends in Canadian Freshwater Politics -- Case Study: Mackenzie Basin Watershed.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4426-0927-3
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4426-0926-5
Language:
English
DOI:
10.3138/9781442609280
URL:
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442609280
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781442609280
