Water Policy and Governance in Canada

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Renzetti, Steven (Editor), Dupont, Diane P. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Global Issues in Water Policy, 17
• Subjects: Environment.; Environmental management.; Economic geography.; Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; Sustainable development.; Environmental economics.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.; Environmental Economics.; Economic Geography.; Sustainable Development.

This book provides an insightful and critical assessment of the state of Canadian water governance and policy. It adopts a multidisciplinary variety of perspectives and considers local, basin, provincial and national scales. Canada’s leading authorities from the social sciences, life and natural sci...

Table of Contents:

• Part 1. Introduction and Background
• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Hydrological and Policy Contexts for Water in Canada
• 3. Water Policy in Canada
• 4. Sustainability, Society and Water: The Changing Streams of Canadian Water Law
• 5. Reconciliation and Relationality in Water Research and Management in Canada: Implementing Indigenous Ontologies, Epistemologies, and Methodologies
• Part 2. International and Transboundary
• 6. Placing Canada’s Water Policies in an International Context
• 7. Water Security and Adaptation to Climate Extremes in Transboundary Rivers of North America
• 8. Transcending Borders through Postcolonial Water Governance? Indigenous Water Governance across the Canada-US Border
• 9. The Great Lakes, Water Quality and Water Policy in Canada
• Part 3. Economics
• 10. Water Valuation
• 11. Water Pricing in Canada
• Part 4. Politics and Governance/Management
• 12. The Politics of Water Policy Development in Canada
• 13. Coordinating Water Policies: Necessary, but not Sufficient
• 14. Managing the Fraser River Basin
• 15. Indigenizing Water Governance in Canada
• Part 5. Drinking Water Policy
• 16. Canadian Drinking Water Policy: Jurisdictional Variation in the Context of Decentralized Water Governance
• 17. Preparing for Success – Drinking Water Safety Plans and Lessons Learned from Alberta: Policy Considerations Contextualized for Small Systems
• 18. Public Health at the Watershed Scale
• 19. Chlorination of Drinking Water – Scientific Evidence and Policy Implications
• Part 6. Case Studies
• 20. Patchy Resources for the Governance of Canada’s Resource Patches: How Hydraulic Fracturing is Illuminating the Need to Improve Water Governance in Canada
• 21. Agricultural and Water in Canada – Challenges and Reform for the 21 C
• Part 7. Emerging Issues and Perspectives
• 22. Shifting Perspectives in an Era of Complexity and Change: Incorporating Resilience into the Water Governance of Canadian Drainage Basins
• 23. Geomatics & Water Policy. .