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Water as a Social Opportunity
Seanna L. Davidson
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Description for Water as a Social Opportunity
Paperback. Based on a workshop held at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, on November 1, 2011. Series: Queen's Policy Studies Series. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; RND; RNFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 230 x 13. Weight in Grams: 282.
Often when water is thought about, the focus is on problems, challenges, and crises. In November 2012, a group of researchers came together at Queen's University with the idea that it is more illuminating and constructive to think about water as an opportunity. Water as a Social Opportunity conveys the idea that the ways in which society responds to water-related challenges has the potential to yield a variety of positive outcomes not just for water, or the economy, but for society more broadly. Contributors consider water issues across Canada from this original perspective, and suggest this concept as ... Read more
Often when water is thought about, the focus is on problems, challenges, and crises. In November 2012, a group of researchers came together at Queen's University with the idea that it is more illuminating and constructive to think about water as an opportunity. Water as a Social Opportunity conveys the idea that the ways in which society responds to water-related challenges has the potential to yield a variety of positive outcomes not just for water, or the economy, but for society more broadly. Contributors consider water issues across Canada from this original perspective, and suggest this concept as ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Queen´s University
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Queen's Policy Studies Series
Condition
New
Weight
282 g
Number of Pages
172
Place of Publication
Ontario, Canada
ISBN
9781553394358
SKU
V9781553394358
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About Seanna L. Davidson
Seanna L. Davidson completed her PhD in geography at the University of Waterloo with the Water Policy and Governance Group, and spent two years working with the Waterloo Institute for Social Innovation and Resilience. Jamie Linton is an adjunct assistan
Reviews for Water as a Social Opportunity
With a refreshing outlook on a challenging and timely subject, this collection provides diverse critical analyses of water governance issues from a Canadian context, and a comprehensive picture of water as an opportunity to build relationships and change our ways of thinking. We are called upon to be inspired and transformed by water, in order to make a better future ... Read more