An appraisal of management pathologies in the Great Lakes

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 416, Issue , 2012, Pages 40-47

  McLaughlin, Chris ^a   Krantzberg, Gail ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Double loop learning; Ecosystem resilience; Governance reform; Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement; Institutional culture; Pathology of natural resource management

Indexed keywords

BROAD APPLICATION; CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE; COMMAND AND CONTROL; CONTINUOUS PROCESS; DOUBLE-LOOP LEARNING; ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; GOVERNANCE REFORM; GREAT LAKES; GREAT LAKES WATER QUALITY AGREEMENTS; HUMAN SYSTEM; LEARNING TECHNIQUES; NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SYSTEM RESPONSE;

DISEASES; ECOSYSTEMS; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; PATHOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WATER QUALITY;

LAKES;

ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAKE WATER; LEARNING; NATURAL RESOURCE; PATHOLOGY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING; WATER QUALITY; WATER STANDARD; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GREAT LAKES REGION; LAKES;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84856224043     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.12.015     Document Type: Article

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