Environmental challenges and opportunities
Subtitle: local-global perspectives on Canadian issues
By: edited by Christopher D. Gore, Peter J. Stoett
Publisher: E. Montgomery Publications
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9781552392782
Subjects: Environmental policy; Case studies; Environmental management; Environnement; Études de cas; Politique gouvernementale; Gestion
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introducing the global-local dimension; title: Making space for species: Local and global challenges of biodiversity; title: Canada and the gene revolution in agricultural biotechnology; title: National forest planning and sustainability concerns: The international influence; title: Water pollution in the Great Lakes Basin: The global-local dynamic; title: Fish farms and neoliberalism: Salmon aquaculture in British Columbia; title: Urban sustainability in Canada: The global-local connection; title: Pollution, chemicals, and children's health: The need for precautionary policy in Canada; title: Blowing in the wind? Ignoring and controlling air pollution; title: Local and global energy needs: Toward a renewable future; title: Global politics comes to Fort McMurray: Energy and climate change in Canada; title: Polar Bears and the Canadian Arctic: Local communities in a globalizing world; title: Conclusion: The Global condition.