Research Catalog

Title

A dry oasis : institutional adaptation to climate on the Canadian plains / edited by Gregory P. Marchildon.

Publication

Regina : Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina, 2009.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Marchildon, Gregory P., 1956-
• University of Regina. Canadian Plains Research Center

Description

xiii, 318 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

Scientists have been issuing increasingly direct warnings about the impact that climate change is having on the planet. These interdisciplinary studies break new ground in terms of our understanding of the climate experience in the Great Plains before and after agriculture was introduced, the current array of institutions surrounding water governance, and the strengths and weaknesses of rural and Aboriginal communities. Four chapters focus on the present attributes of, as well as future scenarios for, the South Saskatchewan River Basin in southern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan. The final group of chapters present case studies of rural communities, Cabri and Stewart Valley Saskatchewan, and Hanna as well as a First Nation reserve in Alberta, as well as a major conflict over water rights in Alberta.

Subject

• Climatic changes > Pallisers Triangle
• Climatic changes > South Saskatchewan River Watershed (Alta. and Sask.)
• Climatic changes > Prairie Provinces > Case studies
• Climatic changes > Prairie Provinces > Forecasting
• Climatic changes > Government policy > Canada
• Pallisers Triangle > Environmental conditions
• Pallisers Triangle > History
• South Saskatchewan River Watershed (Alta. and Sask.)

Genre/Form

• Case studies
• History
• Études de cas.

Note

• Includes index.
• Special issue of Prairie forum, vol. 34, No. 1.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

• 9780889772175
• 0889772177

OCLC

• 445231757
• SCSB-11565951

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library