Integrated Resource Planning and Management: The Ecosystem Approach In The Great Lakes Basin

摘要: The "ecosystem approach" to natural resource planning and management -- an approach that focuses on preserving the integrity of entire systems is becoming widely recognized as key large-scale environmental health.The 1978 Water Quality Agreement between United States Canada provided catalyst for implementing ecosystem in Great Lakes basin. No longer constrained by arbitrary political boundaries, decision makers could focus their attention at level, with health watershed main concern.In this volume, Susan Hill MacKenzie uses three in-depth case studies explore institutional prerequisites creation implementation ecosystem-based plans context water resources. book provides: a description foundations historical roots assessment degree which goals have been achieved comparative analysis processes overview changes structure agencies region prognosis integrated using tenets This study presents important information managers policymakers state national levels well academic research communities involved policy