Evolution of the Great Lakes water quality agreement / Lee Botts and Paul Muldoon.

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Water quality concerns are not new to the Great Lakes. They emerged early in the 20th century, in 1909, and matured in 1972 and 1978. They remain a prominent part of today's conflicted politics and advancing industrial growth. The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, under the Boundary Waters Treaty...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Botts, Lee
Other Authors: Muldoon, Paul, 1956-
Language:English
Published: East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, ©2005.
Subjects:
Water quality > Great Lakes (North America)
Water quality management > Great Lakes (North America)
Eau > Qualité > Grands Lacs (Amérique du Nord)
Eau > Qualité > Gestion > Grands Lacs (Amérique du Nord)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Environmental Policy.
Water quality.
Water quality management.
Great Lakes.
Electronic books.
Genre:
Electronic books.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (JSTOR)
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 377 pages)
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • The Canada/United States partnership for the Great Lakes
  • Origin of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement
  • Evolution of the Agreement from 1972 to 1978
  • Negotiation of the Great Lakes agreement and its evolution
  • Evolution of the Great Lakes regime from 1987 to 1997
  • The continuing evolution of the Great Lakes regime from 1997 to 2005
  • Past successes and new challenges
  • A vision for renewal of the Great Lakes regime
  • APPENDICES: 1: Persons interviewed or consulted, or who participated in the Wingspread Conference
  • 2: Recommendations from reports on the Great lakes Regime
  • 3: 1972 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement
  • 4: Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement of 1978 (Revised)
  • Glossary.