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Author : Jeremy Schmidt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781894949323
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (493 download)
Download or read book Alternative Water Futures in Alberta written by Jeremy Schmidt and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : L. A. Leskiw
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (484 download)
Download or read book Alternative Futures for Water Development in East-central Alberta written by L. A. Leskiw and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Seanna L. Davidson
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 1553394364
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (533 download)
Download or read book Water as a Social Opportunity written by Seanna L. Davidson and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2015-11-26 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Often when water is thought about, the focus is on problems, challenges, and crises. In November 2012, a group of researchers came together at Queen’s University with the idea that it is more illuminating and constructive to think about water as an opportunity. Water as a Social Opportunity conveys the idea that the ways in which society responds to water-related challenges has the potential to yield a variety of positive outcomes not just for water, or the economy, but for society more broadly. Contributors consider water issues across Canada from this original perspective, and suggest this concept as a basis for developing a long-overdue national water strategy in Canada.
Author : Chris Wood
Publisher : Greystone Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1926812778
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (268 download)
Download or read book Down the Drain written by Chris Wood and published by Greystone Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An incisive critique of Canada's drinking water gatekeepers. Canada is celebrated for its abundance of fresh water, and few Canadians question the safety of the water that comes from our taps. But is this trust justified? One study estimates that contamination of drinking water causes 90,000 cases of illness and ninety deaths every year. In this authoritative review of decades of legislation, research, and independent regulatory critiques, accompanied by riveting stories of the many failures of our water supply, award-winning journalist Chris Wood and Canadian water policy expert Ralph Pentland expose how governments at every level have failed to protect our drinking water. The authors review the history of water management in Canada and approaches to the problem in Europe and the United States, then analyze our own approach in recent times, and finally propose a strategy to protect our water--including a new charter that will hold our government to account.
Author : B. Timothy Heinmiller
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 148750053X
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (875 download)
Download or read book Water Policy Reform in Southern Alberta written by B. Timothy Heinmiller and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Water Policy Reform in Southern Alberta, B. Timothy Heinmiller looks at how and why these (and other) reforms were adopted after nearly a century of stasis on water policy.
Author : A.T. Riddick
Publisher : Geological Society of London
ISBN 13 : 1862396876
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (623 download)
Download or read book Integrated Environmental Modelling to Solve Real World Problems written by A.T. Riddick and published by Geological Society of London. This book was released on 2017-01-10 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The discipline of Integrated Environmental Modelling (IEM) has developed in order to solve complex environmental problems, for example understanding the impacts of climate change on the physical environment. IEM provides methods to fuse or link models together, this in turn requires facilities to make models discoverable and also to make the outputs of modelling easily visualized. The vision and challenges for IEM going forward are summarized by leading proponents. Several case studies describe the application of model fusion to a range of real-world problems including integrating groundwater and recharge models within the UK Environment Agency, and the development of ‘catastrophe’ models to predict better the impact of natural hazards. Communicating modelling results to end users who are often not specialist modellers is also an emerging area of research addressed within the volume. Also included are papers that highlight current developments of the technology platforms underpinning model fusion.
Author : Donald E. Abelson
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 077355386X
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)
Download or read book Do Think Tanks Matter? Third Edition written by Donald E. Abelson and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2018-12-30 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is often assumed that think tanks carry enormous weight with lawmakers and other key stakeholders. In Do Think Tanks Matter? Donald Abelson argues that the question of how think tanks have evolved and under what conditions they can and do have an impact continues to be ignored. Think tank directors often credit their institutes with influencing major policy debates and government legislation, and many journalists and scholars believe the explosion of think tanks since the latter part of the twentieth century is indicative of their growing importance in the policy-making process. Abelson goes beyond assumptions, highlighting both the visibility and relevance of public policy institutes in what has become a contentious and polarized political arena in the United States, and in Canada, where, despite recent growth in numbers, they enjoy less prominence than their US counterparts. By focusing on how think tanks engage in issue articulation, policy formation, and implementation, Abelson argues that they have helped to shape the political dialogue and the policy preferences and choices of decision-makers, but in different ways and at different stages of the policy cycle. This expanded and revised third edition includes additional institutional profiles of key think tanks, an updated chapter on presidents and think tanks, a new chapter on the efforts of a group of public policy institutes to shape the discourse around the possible construction of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, and dozens of new graphs and tables that track the public visibility and perceived policy relevance or impact of top-tier think tanks.
Author : Water Matters Society of Alberta
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (874 download)
Download or read book Share the Water: Building a Secure Water Future for Alberta. September 2009 written by Water Matters Society of Alberta and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : K. William Easter
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0585320888
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (853 download)
Download or read book Markets for Water written by K. William Easter and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-08-20 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Markets for Water: Potential and Performance dispels many of the myths surrounding water markets and gives readers a comprehensive picture of the way that markets have developed in different parts of the world. It is possible, for example, for a water market to fail, and for the transaction costs in water markets to be excessive. Too often water trading is banned because the water resources have been developed with public funds and the water agencies do not want to lose control over water. There is also a concern that poor farmers or households will be disadvantaged by water trading. These concerns about public resources and the poor are not very different from those that have been voiced in the past about land sales. The problem is that in many cases the poor already have limited access to resources, but this limit is not due to water trading. In fact, water trading is likely to expand the access to water for many small-scale farmers. Markets for Water: Potential and Performance provides an analytical framework for water market establishment. It develops the necessary conditions for water markets and illustrates how they can improve both water management and economic efficiency. Finally, the book gives readers an up-to-date picture of what we have learned about water markets in a wide range of countries, from the US to Chile and India.
Author : Karen Bakker
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774840099
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (748 download)
Download or read book Eau Canada written by Karen Bakker and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the sustainability of our natural resources is increasingly questioned, Canadians remain stubbornly convinced of the unassailability of our water. Mounting evidence suggests, however, that Canadian water is under threat. Eau Canada assembles the country's top water experts to discuss our most pressing water issues. Perspectives from a broad range of thinkers � geographers, environmental lawyers, former government officials, aquatic and political scientists, and economists � reflect the diversity of concerns in water management. Arguing that weak governance is at the heart of Canada's water problems, this timely book identifies our key failings, explores debates over jurisdiction, transboundary waters, exports, and privatization, and maps out solutions for protecting our most important resource.
Author : Robert R. Everitt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Alberta Water Policy Futures Workshop written by Robert R. Everitt and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Darrell W. Pepper
Publisher : WIT Press
ISBN 13 : 1845645561
Total Pages : 577 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (456 download)
Download or read book Water and Society written by Darrell W. Pepper and published by WIT Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains the papers presented at a conference co-organized by the University of Nevada-Las Vegas and the Wessex Institute of Technology to facilitate trans-disciplinary communication on issues related to the nature of water, and its use and exploitation by society. With adequate water supply becoming a critical issue in more and more area, \there is a great and urgent need to bridge the gap between the broad spectrum of social sciences and humanistic disciplines and the specialists in physical and natural sciences, biology, environmental sciences, and health. Many issues are also trans-national in nature and relate to rights of states and hence it is essential to discuss these at international level to arrive at equitable and binding solutions that will ensure the rights of society to quality water supplies. The book discusses The nature of water; Water as a human right; Water as the source of life; Water in a changing climate; Future water demands and adaptation strategies; Water resources contamination; Surface and sub-surface water resources; Irrigation and desertification; Water, sanitation and health; Transnational water rights; Legislation and controls; Water through the ages; Lessons to be learnt; and Water and disaster management.
Author : Alberta. Alberta Environment
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780773206441
Total Pages : 5 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (64 download)
Download or read book Water Management in Alberta : Challenges for the Future written by Alberta. Alberta Environment and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Papers on water resources management and planning in Alberta and Alberta Environment's efforts to inform and involve the public in the process.
Author : Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Publisher : Canadian Centre Policy Alternatives
ISBN 13 : 0886273633
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (862 download)
Download or read book Hell and High Water written by Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and published by Canadian Centre Policy Alternatives. This book was released on 2004 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Prairie Provinces Water Board (Canada)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (874 download)
Download or read book Economic Value of Water in Alternative Uses in the South Saskatchewan (Alberta and Saskatchewan Portions) River Basin. March 2006 written by Prairie Provinces Water Board (Canada) and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alberto Garrido
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135968888
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (359 download)
Download or read book Managing Water Resources in a Time of Global Change written by Alberto Garrido and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-01-13 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global change possesses serious challenges for water managers and scientists. In mountain areas, where water supplies for half of the world population originate, climate and hydrologic models are still subject to considerable uncertainty. And yet, critical decisions have to be taken to ensure adequate and safe water supplies to billions of people, millions of farmers and industries, without further deteriorating rivers and water bodies. While global warming is known to cause glaciers’ retreat and reduced snow packs around the world, it is not clear that mountain discharge will be lower. What is widely recognised is that water management must be adapted to accommodate significant regime changes. However, this inevitably involves managing transboundary rivers, adding further complexity to putting principles in practice. This book takes global warming and the importance of mountain areas in world water resources as the starting point. First, it provides detailed reviews of the processes going on in several rivers systems and world regions in Europe (Rhône and Ebro), North America (Canadian Rockies, Western US and Mexico), the Middle East (Jordan), Africa (Tunisia, Kenya and South Africa). These contexts provide case studies and examples that show the difficulties and potential for adaptation to global change. Land-use, economics, numerous modeling approaches are some of the cross-cutting issues covered in the chapters. The volume also includes the views of water practitioners, with two chapters authored by members of the US-Canada International Joint Commission, an industrialist from Western Canada and an environmental leader in Spain. By combining a rich set of contexts and approaches, the volume succeeds in offering a view of the global challenges faced by water agencies, international donors and researchers around the world. A case is made in some chapters to seek adaptive strategies rather than trying to reduce or control resources variability. This requires factoring in land-use, social and economic aspects, especially in developing countries. Another conclusion is that complex problems can and must be posed and negotiated with the help of models, mapping techniques and science-based facts. However complex these may be, there are ways to translate them to easily interpretable and visualisations of alternative scenarios and courses of action. This book provides numerous examples of the potential of such approaches to draft environmental programmes solve transboundary disputes and reduce the economic consequences of droughts and climate instability.
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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 749 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (933 download)
Download or read book Water for Life, Pooling Your Ideas, Your Thoughts and Ideas on the Future of Alberta's Water: written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 749 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first part of this publication consists of the workbook prepared to solicit public input into the Alberta government water strategy. The second part forms the bulk of the document and consists of detailed results from the completed workbooks along with copies of submissions concerning the strategy and a record of community workshop discussions on the strategy. Issues covered include: the future challenges that Alberta will face in water management; the objectives of a water strategy; achieving safe, secure drinking water supplies; water resource allocation; water resource development; water conservation; and protecting aquatic ecosystems.
