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1. Ingenuity trumps hard tech: the water soft path is the best bet for Canada's public and ecological needs

Author

Brandes, Oliver M. and Brooks, David B.

Subjects
World Bank Group. World Bank -- Reports, Water -- Management, Water -- Technology application, Canada -- Buildings and facilities, Canada -- Environmental aspects, Technology application
Abstract

THROUGHOUT HISTORY, water management has meant constructing dams, digging and drilling wells, and extending canals and pipelines into cities and farmers' fields. Industrialized nations have been spectacularly successful at delivering […]

Published
2007

4. BC floats new water law

Author

Brandes, Oliver M. and Brandes, Laura

Subjects
Aquatic resources -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Protection and preservation -- British Columbia, Water use -- Laws, regulations and rules -- British Columbia, Government regulation, Environmental issues, Social sciences
Abstract

AFTER AN EXTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PERIOD, the British Columbia provincial government introduced Bill 18--Water Sustainability Act (WSA) into legislature this spring and it received royal assent in May. While it is [...]

Published
2014

5. Where's POLIS?

Author

Brandes, Oliver M.

Subjects
Environmental issues, Social sciences
Abstract

With much joy, I recently read through your Water issue (37:1, 2011). Much of what you identify and develop is related to water governance - an area that the POLIS [...]

Published
2011

6. Soft planning: how to create a water soft path

Author

Brooks, David B. and Brandes, Oliver M.

Subjects
Water use -- Canada, Water use -- Laws, regulations and rules, Water -- Management, Water -- Technology application, Water -- Methods, Technology application, Government regulation
Abstract

THESE STEPS serve as a basic guideline for creating a water soft path plan. This process can be undertaken at the community, regional, watershed and even provincial level. 1 Identify […]

Published
2007

7. Community paths: investigating BC's urban water use

Author

Brandes, Oliver M. and Maas, Tony

Subjects
Canada
Abstract

Purpose 1. To determine if water soft path planning could enable an urban centre to avoid obtaining new water supplies until 2050. 2.To study whether a water soft path could […]

Published
2007

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