Evolution of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement /

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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 T...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Botts, Lee
Other Authors: Muldoon, Paul, 1956-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, 2005.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Water quality management.
Water quality.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Environmental Policy.
Eau > Qualite > Gestion > Grands Lacs (Amerique du Nord)
Eau > Qualite > Grands Lacs (Amerique du Nord)
Water quality management > Great Lakes (North America)
Water quality > Great Lakes (North America)
Great Lakes.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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 of 1909, became a model to the world for environmental management across an international boundary. Evolution of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement recounts this historic binational relationship, an agreement intended to protect the fragile Great Lakes. One strength of the agreement.
Physical Description:1 online resource (391 pages).
ISBN:9781609170004

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