Author: Prairie Provinces Water Board (Canada)
Publisher: [Regina, Sask.] : The Board
ISBN:
Category : Natural resources Prairie Provinces
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Water demand study completed in 1982. Deals with municipal, industrial, and agricultural water uses and with instream requirements for energy generation, recreation, and fish and wildlife habitat. The basin covers areas of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
Water Demand Study
Author: Prairie Provinces Water Board (Canada)
Publisher: [Regina, Sask.] : The Board
ISBN:
Category : Natural resources Prairie Provinces
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Water demand study completed in 1982. Deals with municipal, industrial, and agricultural water uses and with instream requirements for energy generation, recreation, and fish and wildlife habitat. The basin covers areas of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
Publisher: [Regina, Sask.] : The Board
ISBN:
Category : Natural resources Prairie Provinces
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Water demand study completed in 1982. Deals with municipal, industrial, and agricultural water uses and with instream requirements for energy generation, recreation, and fish and wildlife habitat. The basin covers areas of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
The River Returns
Author: Christopher Armstrong
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773581448
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
Alberta's iconic river has been dammed and plumbed, made to spin hydro-electric turbines, and used to cleanse Calgary. Artificial lakes in the mountains rearrange its flow; downstream weirs and ditches divert it to irrigate the parched prairie. Far from being wild, the Bow is now very much a human product: its fish are as manufactured as its altered flow, changed water quality, and newly stabilized and forested banks. The River Returns brings the story of the Bow River's transformation full circle through an exploration of the recent revolution in environmental thinking and regulation that has led to new limits on what might be done with and to the river. Rivers have been studied from many perspectives, but too often the relationship between nature and people, between rivers and the cultures that have grown up beside them, have been separated. The River Returns illuminates the ways in which humans, both inadvertently and consciously, have interacted with nature to make the Bow.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773581448
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
Alberta's iconic river has been dammed and plumbed, made to spin hydro-electric turbines, and used to cleanse Calgary. Artificial lakes in the mountains rearrange its flow; downstream weirs and ditches divert it to irrigate the parched prairie. Far from being wild, the Bow is now very much a human product: its fish are as manufactured as its altered flow, changed water quality, and newly stabilized and forested banks. The River Returns brings the story of the Bow River's transformation full circle through an exploration of the recent revolution in environmental thinking and regulation that has led to new limits on what might be done with and to the river. Rivers have been studied from many perspectives, but too often the relationship between nature and people, between rivers and the cultures that have grown up beside them, have been separated. The River Returns illuminates the ways in which humans, both inadvertently and consciously, have interacted with nature to make the Bow.
A Dry Oasis
Author: Gregory P. Marchildon
Publisher: University of Regina Press
ISBN: 9780889772175
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Scientists have been issuing increasingly direct warnings about the impact that climate change is having on the planet. These interdisciplinary studies break new ground in terms of our understanding of the climate experience in the Great Plains before and after agriculture was introduced, the current array of institutions surrounding water governance, and the strengths and weaknesses of rural and Aboriginal communities. Four chapters focus on the present attributes of, as well as future scenarios for, the South Saskatchewan River Basin in southern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan. The final group of chapters present case studies of rural communities, Cabri and Stewart Valley Saskatchewan, and Hanna as well as a First Nation reserve in Alberta, as well as a major conflict over water rights in Alberta. Book jacket.
Publisher: University of Regina Press
ISBN: 9780889772175
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Scientists have been issuing increasingly direct warnings about the impact that climate change is having on the planet. These interdisciplinary studies break new ground in terms of our understanding of the climate experience in the Great Plains before and after agriculture was introduced, the current array of institutions surrounding water governance, and the strengths and weaknesses of rural and Aboriginal communities. Four chapters focus on the present attributes of, as well as future scenarios for, the South Saskatchewan River Basin in southern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan. The final group of chapters present case studies of rural communities, Cabri and Stewart Valley Saskatchewan, and Hanna as well as a First Nation reserve in Alberta, as well as a major conflict over water rights in Alberta. Book jacket.
Current Water Use Levels in Saskatchewan
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Industrial water supply
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Industrial water supply
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Federal Rivers
Author: Dustin E Garrick
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 1781955050
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
This book provides a critical analysis of the impact of borders and divided governance on large rivers in federal political systems. The OECD has identified the global water crisis as one of governance and policy fragmentation. Population and economic
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 1781955050
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
This book provides a critical analysis of the impact of borders and divided governance on large rivers in federal political systems. The OECD has identified the global water crisis as one of governance and policy fragmentation. Population and economic
Annual Report
Author: Alberta. Alberta Environment
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alberta
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alberta
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Canadian Water Politics
Author: Mark Sproule-Jones
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773575952
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Canadian Water Politics explores the nature of water use conflicts and the need for institutional designs and reforms to meet the governance challenges now and in the future. The editors present an overview of the properties of water, the nature of water uses, and the institutions that underpin water politics. Contributors highlight specific water policy concerns and conflicts in various parts of Canada and cover issues ranging from the Walkerton drinking water tragedy, water export policy, Great Lakes pollution, St Lawrence River shipping, Alberta irrigation and oil production, and fisheries management on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773575952
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Canadian Water Politics explores the nature of water use conflicts and the need for institutional designs and reforms to meet the governance challenges now and in the future. The editors present an overview of the properties of water, the nature of water uses, and the institutions that underpin water politics. Contributors highlight specific water policy concerns and conflicts in various parts of Canada and cover issues ranging from the Walkerton drinking water tragedy, water export policy, Great Lakes pollution, St Lawrence River shipping, Alberta irrigation and oil production, and fisheries management on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
Managing Water Resources in a Time of Global Change
Author: Alberto Garrido
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135968888
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135968888
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
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.
Atlas of Alberta Lakes
Author: Patricia Mitchell
Publisher: University of Alberta
ISBN: 0888642156
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 704
Book Description
This compilation of data on 100 lakes in Alberta (outside the mountain areas) covers physical characteristics, water quality, wildlife, recreational opportunities and access for each lake, and includes maps, photographs, diagrams and statistical tables.
Publisher: University of Alberta
ISBN: 0888642156
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 704
Book Description
This compilation of data on 100 lakes in Alberta (outside the mountain areas) covers physical characteristics, water quality, wildlife, recreational opportunities and access for each lake, and includes maps, photographs, diagrams and statistical tables.
Canada Water Act Publications, 1970-1990
Author: Canada. Environment Canada
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Environmental law
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Bibliography of all items published under the Canada Water Act of 1970 listed by water management body, by policy inquiry and by river basin, including Northwest Territories and Yukon. Includes map of current investigation, planning and management activities in Canada.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Environmental law
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Bibliography of all items published under the Canada Water Act of 1970 listed by water management body, by policy inquiry and by river basin, including Northwest Territories and Yukon. Includes map of current investigation, planning and management activities in Canada.