Wet Prairie : people, land, and water in agricultural Manitoba /

This in-depth exploration of surface water management in southern Manitoba reveals how coping with environmental realities has altered both residents' relations with each other and their ideas about the role of the state.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stunden Bower, Shannon, 1977-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Vancouver : UBC Press, 2011.
Colección:Nature, history, society.
Temas:
Agriculture > Manitoba > History.
Drainage > Manitoba > History.
Watershed management > Manitoba > History.
Agriculture and state > Manitoba.
Agriculture > Social aspects > Manitoba.
Agriculture > Manitoba > Histoire.
Drainage > Manitoba > Histoire.
Bassins hydrographiques > Gestion > Manitoba > Histoire.
Politique agricole > Manitoba.
Agriculture > Aspect social > Manitoba.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Green Business.
NATURE > Natural Resources.
Agriculture
Agriculture and state
Agriculture > Social aspects
Drainage
Watershed management
Manitoba
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the wet prairie
  • Drains and cultural communities : the early years of Manitoba drainage, 1870-1915
  • Juridictional quagmires : dominion authority and prairie wetlands, 1870-1930
  • Drains and geographical communities : experts, highlanders, and lowlanders assess drainage
  • Internaional bioregions and local mementum : the International Joint Commission, Ducks Unlimited, and continued drainage
  • Permanence, maintenance, and change : watershed management in Manitoba
  • Conclusion : chequer board squares in a dynamic landscape
  • Appendices.

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