Restoration of the Great Lakes [[electronic resource] ] : promises, practices, performances / / Mark Sproule-Jones

• Autore: Sproule-Jones Mark <1941->
• Pubblicazione: Vancouver, : UBC Press, c2002
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (160 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.91/63153/0977
• Soggetto topico: Environmental protection - Great Lakes (North America); Water - Pollution - Great Lakes (North America); Conservation of natural resources - Government policy - Great Lakes (North America); Lake restoration - Great Lakes (North America)
• Soggetto geografico: Great Lakes (North America) Environmental conditions
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Restoration of the Great Lakes
• ISBN: 1-283-33047-4; 9786613330475; 0-7748-5016-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809391003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II