Description: Institutional and Policy Analysis of River Basin Management : The Fraser River Basin, Canada

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Institutional and Policy Analysis of River Basin Management : The Fraser River Basin, Canada

The authors describe and analyze a nongovernmental, multi-stakeholder, consensus-based approach to river basin management in the Fraser River basin in Canada. The Fraser River drains 238,000 k

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Main Authors:	Blomquist, William, Calbick, Ken S., Dinar, Ariel
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACTION PLANS AGRICULTURE ANIMAL WASTES AQUIFER AQUIFERS BASIN BOUNDARY WATERS CHANNEL COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT COMMERCIAL FISHING CONSERVATION CRUISE SHIPS DECENTRALIZATION DECISION MAKING DECISION MAKING PROCESSES DISCHARGE DRAINAGE DRAINS DRINKING WATER DRINKING WATER QUALITY DROUGHT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFLUENT EMISSIONS EMPIRICAL STUDIES ENDANGERED SPECIES ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY EROSION FARMING FERTILIZERS FISH FISHERIES FISHERS FISHING FISHING RIGHTS FLOOD CONTROL FLOOD PROTECTION FLOODING FOOD PRODUCTION FORESTRY GASES GENDER GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION HEAVY METALS HIGH WATER HYDROELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRIAL WASTE INDUSTRIAL WASTES INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IRRIGATION JURISDICTION LAKES LIQUEFACTION LIVELIHOODS MANURE MERCURY MINES MINING MUNICIPAL SEWAGE MUNICIPAL WATER NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES NEW TECHNOLOGIES NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NUTRIENTS OCEANS ORGANIC COMPOUNDS OUTFALLS PACIFIC OCEAN PERMITS PESTICIDES PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS POTABLE WATER PRECIPITATION PRIMARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROGRAMS PROPERTY TAXES PROTECTION PROJECTS PUBLIC HEALTH RAINFALL RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES RESERVOIRS RIVER RIVER BASINS RIVER SYSTEM RIVERS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SEDIMENTS SEEPAGE SEWAGE TREATMENT SNOW SNOW MELT SNOWMELT SPRING STORMWATER STREAMS SURFACE WATER TIMBER TRACE METALS TRANSPARENCY TRIBUTARIES URBAN DWELLERS WASTEWATER WASTEWATER COLLECTION WASTEWATER DISPOSAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS WATER MANAGEMENT WATER QUALITY WATER QUALITY MONITORING WATER QUALITY PROTECTION WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER SHORTAGES WATER SOURCES WATER USE WATER/ WATERSHEDS WATERWAYS WETLANDS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/02/5642292/institutional-policy-analysis-river-basin-management-fraser-river-basin-canada http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8886

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Summary:	The authors describe and analyze a nongovernmental, multi-stakeholder, consensus-based approach to river basin management in the Fraser River basin in Canada. The Fraser River drains 238,000 k