The Great Lakes Futures Project: Principles and policy recommendations for making the lakes great

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 41, Issue S1, 2015, Pages 171-179

  Friedman, Kathryn B ^a   Laurent, Katrina L ^b   Krantzberg, Gail ^c   Scavia, Donald ^d   Creed, Irena F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Policy principles; Policy recommendations; Policy tools; Scenario analysis; Sustainability; Thrivability

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

GREAT LAKES; POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS; POLICY TOOLS; SCENARIO ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC POLICY; THRIVABILITY;

LAKES;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; LAKE; POLICY MAKING; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84924051464     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2014.11.026     Document Type: Article

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