Quebec Studies articles from September 2006

Quebec Studies archives from September 2006

Sharing waters: the challenge of understanding the other.(Presentation)
September 22, 2006... On September 14 and 15, 2006, the Canadian Studies Program at Western Michigan University hosted a symposium on the Great Lakes Environment with the inviting title of "Shared Waters." (1) This event presented an outstanding opportunity to bring...

The legal status of water in Quebec.
September 22, 2006... Resume Le code civil du Quebec reconnait a l'eau le statut de res communis. Le concept traditionnel de chose commune apparait comme un fondement eminemment valable sur lequel articuler une gestion de l'eau qui soit compatible a la fois...

The integrated management of the St. Lawrence River: a social experiment in public participation.
September 22, 2006... Introduction In Quebec, over the past thirty years, public officials, scientists, and citizens have been brought together to protect and restore the St. Lawrence River. However, the role and influence of each group of these social actors...

Sort sea shipping: the need for a realistic assessment.
September 22, 2006... Resume Il existe une preoccupation croissante a l'effet que l'augmentation du transport par camion n'est pas soutenable. La plupart des pays du globe reconnaissent les impacts economiques, sociaux, et environnementaux associes a une...

Eau potable au Quebec dans la vallee du Saint-Laurent: l'impact des changements climatiques.
September 22, 2006... Summary Since 1999, summers have mainly been hot and dry in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence region, resulting in important decreases in lake levels and the St. Lawrence River outflow. This phenomenon is in accordance with the expected impacts...

Gestion de l'eau au Quebec: quand politique de l'eau et politique agricole se conjuguent a l'imparfait.
September 22, 2006... Summary The Quebec Government enacted a National Water Policy in 2002. Its goal was to set up a holistic approach toward water management, as opposed to the sectorial approach that previously prevailed. Largely inspired by the water...

Water availability: an overview of issues and future challenges for the St. Lawrence River.
September 22, 2006... Introduction For some years now, water availability in the St. Lawrence River has been an inherent part of the larger issues threatening the integrity of its aquatic ecosystems. The St. Lawrence system (including the Great Lakes) is among...

The legal geography of water exports: a case study of the transboundary municipal water supplies between Stanstead (Quebec) and Derby Line (Vermont).
September 22, 2006... Resume Au cours des dernieres annees, les gouvernements federal et provinciaux ont adopte des mesures legislatives afin de restreindre et d'empecher l'exportation d'eau a l'exterieur du Canada en reponse aux protestations formulees par la...

The challenges of a legitimate governance of the Great Lakes ... and of the St. Lawrence: between ecosystem considerations, diversity, and fragmentation.
September 22, 2006... Resume Au Canada, la juridiction sur les eaux transfrontieres est federale en meme temps que les ressources naturelles relevent de la juridiction des provinces, mais, paradoxalement, parce que le fleuve St-Laurent traverse l'ensemble du...

Bridging the biophysical and social in transboundary water governance: Quebec and its neighbors.
September 22, 2006... Regional problem context Human behaviors have always altered ecological systems. However, in the past few decades human actions have begun to change the fundamental properties of ecosystems at a faster pace and more extensively than ever...