Thriving and prosperous: How we rallied to confront collective challenges

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 41, Issue S1, 2015, Pages 161-170

  Comer, Bryan ^a   Fera, Shannon A ^b   Splawinski, Sophie ^c   Laurent, Katrina L ^d   Friedman, Kathryn B ^e   Krantzberg, Gail ^f   Scavia, Don ^g   Creed, Irena F ^d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Future history; Great Lakes policies; Principle centered decision making; Scenario analysis

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES; CHEMICAL CONTAMINANTS; ECONOMIC PROSPERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GREAT LAKES; IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENTS; SCENARIO ANALYSIS; SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS;

LAKES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GEOPOLITICS; INVASIVE SPECIES; POLICY MAKING; REGIONAL PLANNING; STAKEHOLDER;

SAINT LAWRENCE BASIN;

EID: 84924031698     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2014.12.004     Document Type: Article

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