Addressing implementation deficits related to IWRM in Canada

River Basin Management in the Twenty-First Century: Understanding People and Place

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 42-59

  Mitchell, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

British columbia; Fraser river basin; Indigenous; Lake simcoe; Lessons learned; Multi jurisdictional cooperation; Ontario; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945436898     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b17168     Document Type: Chapter

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