Water without borders? : Canada, the United States and shared waters

Book

Water without borders? : Canada, the United States and shared waters / edited by Emma S. Norman, Alice Cohen, and Karen Bakker.

Norman, Emma S. (Added Author). Cohen, Alice (Geographer) (Added Author). Bakker, Karen J. (Added Author).

Summary:

"Since 1909, the waters along the Canada-US border have been governed in accordance with the Boundary Water Treaty, but much has changed in the last 100 years. This engaging volume brings together experts from both sides of the border to examine the changing relationship between Canada and the US with respect to shared waters, as well as the implications of these changes for geopolitics and the environment. Water without Borders? is a timely publication given the increased attention to shared water issues, and particularly because 2013 is the United Nations International Year of Water Cooperation.

Record details

ISBN: 9781442643932 (Cloth)
ISBN: 1442643935 (Cloth)
ISBN: 9781442612372 (pbk.)
ISBN: 1442612371 (pbk.)
Physical Description: xiv, 275 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2013.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: PART ONE ISSUES, APPROACHES, AND CHALLENGES -- Indigenous Peoples and Water: Governing Across Borders [Aboriginal or Native peoples, First Nations] / Merrell-Ann S. Phare -- Rise of the Local? Delegation and Devolution in Transboundary Water Governance / Emma S. Norman and Karen Bakker -- The IJC and Transboundary Water Disputes: Past, Present, and Future / Murray Clamen -- Continental Bulk Water Transfers: Chimera or Real Possibility? / Frédéric Lasserre -- Key Challenges in Canada-U.S. Water Governance / Ralph Pentland -- PART TWO FLASHPOINTS, CONFLICT, AND COOPERATION -- The Columbia River Treaty / John Shurts and Richard Paisley -- Apportionment of the St. Mary and Milk Rivers / Nigel Bankes and Elizabeth Bourget -- Devils Lake and Red River Basin / Norman Brandson and Robert Hearne -- The Transboundary Flathead Basin -- Harvey Locke and Matthew McKinney -- The Great Lakes: A Model of Transboundary Cooperation -- Jamie Linton and Noah Hall.