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Book SynopsisThe country’s top water experts discusses our most pressing water issues.
Trade ReviewThe volume skillfully brings together the perspective form 28 of Canada’s top water experts who debate Canada’ most critical water issues and resolutions … The public at large, the academic community, water supply managers, environmental and water policy analysts, government officials, community groups and politicians from across Canada will find this book a high-quality read … The resulting product gives the interested by non-technical reader a straightforward tool for use in understanding the insidious and complex problems plaguing water governance in Canada. -- Connie Delisle, Strategic Advisor, Policy Research Initiative, Government of Canada * Horizons, vol. 9, no. 1 *
Table of ContentsForeword / David Schindler
Preface / Karen Bakker
Acknowledgments Abbreviations
1 Introduction / Karen Bakker
PART 1 Muddy Waters: How Well Are We Governing Canada’s Waters?
2 Great Wet North? Canada’s Myth of Water Abundance / John B. Sprague
3 On Guard for Thee? Water (Ab)uses and Management in Canada / Dan Shrubsole and Dianne Draper
4 Out of Sight, Out of Mind? Taking Canada’s Groundwater for Granted / Linda Nowlan
5 Challenging the Status Quo: The Evolution of Water Governance in Canada / Rob de Loë and Reid Kreutzwiser
Is Canada’s Water Safe? A Photo Essay
PART 2 Whose Water? Jurisdictional Fragmentation and Transboundary Management
6 Whose Water? Canadian Water Management and the Challenges of Jurisdictional Fragmentation / J. Owen Saunders and Michael M. Wenig
7 Drawers of Water: Water Diversions in Canada and Beyond / Frédéric Lasserre
8 Thirsty Neighbours: A Century of Canada-US Transboundary Water Governance / Ralph Pentland and Adèle Hurley
PART 3 Blue Gold: Privatization, Water Rights, and Water Markets
9 Commons or Commodity? The Debate over Private Sector Involvement in Water Supply / Karen Bakker
10 Liquid Gold: Water Markets in Canada / Ted Horbulyk
11 Trading our Common Heritage? The Debate over Water Rights Transfers in Canada / Randy Christensen and Anastasia Lintner
PART 4 Waterwise: Pathways to Better Water Management
12 A Tangled Web: Reworking Canada’s Water Laws / Paul Muldoon and Theresa McClenaghan
13 Are the Prices Right? Balancing Efficiency, Equity, and Sustainability in Water Pricing / Steven Renzetti
14 Moving Water Conservation to Centre Stage / Oliver Brandes, David Brooks, and Michael M’Gonigle
PART 5 Water Worldviews: Politics, Culture, and Ethics
15 The Land Is Dry: Indigenous Peoples, Water, and Environmental Justice / Ardith Walkem
16 Half-Empty or Half-Full? Water Politics and the Canadian National Imaginary / Andrew Biro
17 Rising Waves, Old Charts, Nervous Passengers: Navigating toward a New Water Ethic / Cushla Matthews, Robert B. Gibson, and Bruce Mitchell
18 Conclusion: Governing Canada’s Waters Wisely / Karen Bakker
Appendices
1 A Survey of Water Governance Legislation and Policies in the Provinces and Territories
2 Additional Resources and Reading
3 The Waterkeeper Alliance Contributors Index
