Out of control: How we failed to adapt and suffered the consequences

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 41, Issue S1, 2015, Pages 20-29

  Kalafatis, Scott E ^a   Campbell, Maureen ^b   Fathers, Frazier ^b   Laurent, Katrina L ^c   Friedman, Kathryn B ^d   Krantzberg, Gail ^e   Scavia, Don ^a   Creed, Irena F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Divergence; Fracking; Green economy; Lake levels

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; LAKES;

DIVERGENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CAPITAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES; EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY; FRACKING; GREEN ECONOMIES; LAKE LEVELS; MONITORING AND EVALUATIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INVESTMENT; STATE ROLE; SURVIVAL; VULNERABILITY;

SAINT LAWRENCE BASIN;

EID: 84924057511     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2014.12.002     Document Type: Article

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