Restoration of the Great Lakes : promises, practices, performances / Mark Sproule-Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sproule-Jones, Mark, 1941-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental protection--Great Lakes (North America).

Environmental protection.

Water--Pollution--Great Lakes (North America).

Water.

Conservation of natural resources--Government policy--Great Lakes (North America).

Conservation of natural resources.

Lake restoration--Great Lakes (North America).

Lake restoration.

Great Lakes (North America)--Environmental conditions.

Great Lakes (North America).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (160 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Great Lakes of North America are one of the world's most important natural resources. The source of vast quantities of fish, shipping lanes, hydroelectric energy, and usable water, they are also increasingly the site of severe environmental degradation and resource contamination. This study analyzes how well governments and other stakeholders are addressing this critical problem. Using original findings from surveys, interviews, and other documents, Mark Sproule-Jones looks at how various levels of government are attempting to restore the environment in the Great Lakes. He examines successes and failures and identifies the kinds of institutions that promote sound decision making, concluding that bureaucracies charged with constructing these institutions often overlook key design principles. This analysis, which clearly demonstrates the need for new rules and institutions to address environmental pollution in the Great Lakes, should be required reading for practitioners, politicians, businesspeople, and environmentalists.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Figures and Tables

Acknowledgments

Acronyms

Introduction

History of Key Uses of the Great Lakes

Institutions and Rules for the Environment of the Great Lakes

Common Pools and Multiple Uses

From Common Property to the Institutional Analysis of Remedial Action Plans

Patterns of Behaviour

Conclusion: Promises and Performances

Appendix A

Appendix B

References

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-33047-4

9786613330475

0-7748-5016-7

OCLC:

475663877