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Articles

REORIENTING TO ACHIEVE SUSTAINABILITY IN CANADIAN WATER MANAGEMENT

Pages 335-347 | Published online: 23 Jan 2013
 

Abstract

The reorientation of water management approaches across Canada reflects ideas which have emerged from the World Commission on Environment and Development and the Earth Summit. This article reviews the manner in which ten key concepts (sustainability, stewardship, ecosystem approach, enhancing effectiveness and efficiency, information and understanding, partnerships and stakeholders, impact assessment, adaptive management, anticipation and prevention, alternative dispute resolution) are being incorporated into Canadian water management policies, structures and practices. The article also considers issues and opportunities related to seven strategic aspects (catchment-based management, market mechanisms and privatization, linking environment and human health, ecosystem health and the environment, environmental risk management, sustainable development and education, edge and boundary problems) pertinent to reorientation.

La réorientation des approches de gestion de l’eau à travers le Canada réflète des idées qui ont émergé de la Commission mondiale sur l’Environnement et le Développement et du Sommet sur la Terre. Cet article passe en revue la façon dont dix concepts clé (respect de l’environnement, ressources humaines, approche écosystème, augmentation de l’efficacité et de l’efficience, information et compréhension, partenariat et détenteurs d’action, évaluation de l’impact, gestion adaptative, anticipation et prévention, résolution de dispute alternative) s’incorporent dans le cadre des politiques canadiennes de gestion de l’eau, structures et pratiques. L’article considère également les questions et opportunités reliées aux sept aspects stratégiques (gestion basée sur la ligne de partage des eaux, mécanismes de marché et privatisation, lien avec l’environnement et la santé humaine, santé de l’écosystème et de l’environnement, gestion de risque environnemental, soucis du développement et de l’éducation, problèmes d’abords et de limites) reliés à la réorientation.

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