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Groundwater And Surface Mangement In The Fraser Lowlands: Policy And Rights, Ryan Anaka
Groundwater And Surface Mangement In The Fraser Lowlands: Policy And Rights, Ryan Anaka
Western Division, Canadian Association of Geographers
Development and urban growth within the Fraser Lowlands in both Canada and the United States, is putting increased pressure on shared water resources. The transboundary nature of surface watersheds and aquifers creates a dynamic management situation. Mismatched responsibility between levels of government in British Columbian B.C. and Washington State (WA) and different policy regarding management of watershed and aquifer use and protection can lead to conflict between watershed users at local and international levels. For example, a lack record of surface and groundwater withdrawal rates for private individuals in B.C has led to an information void. This has implications for …
Transboundary Surface Water Management Framework Forcooperation, Ryan Anaka
Transboundary Surface Water Management Framework Forcooperation, Ryan Anaka
Western Division, Canadian Association of Geographers
Differing governmental organization and management strategies between Canada and the United States concerning watershed management is a cause for variance in resource management strategies. This paper discusses ongoing research investigating past transboundary watershed initiatives and current management schemes involved in transboundary watershed management. Individual stakeholders, Non-governmental organizations and all levels of government should collaborate to promote cooperation when designing and implementing transboundary watershed policy. Population expansion and urban development in Aldergrove and Abbotsford, British Columbia (B.C.) are impacting the Canadian portions of Bertrand and Fishtrap Creeks watersheds. As a result, flows have been altered from historical norms. Both watercourses and …
Importance Of Place: Addressing Community-Company Relationships Within The Global Economy., Alex G. Martin
Importance Of Place: Addressing Community-Company Relationships Within The Global Economy., Alex G. Martin
Western Division, Canadian Association of Geographers
The process of economic restructuring within the forestry sector has had dramatic impacts on BC's forest-dependent communities. As a result, the involvement of communities in resource extraction and processing activities has changed. As the forestry sector changed, the nature of the relationship between the resource company and the community changed. While literature on forestry sector restructuring and the resulting community impacts has grown since the 1980s, there has been little focus on community-company relationships and on resource peripheries in geographic theory. To gain a better understanding of these relationships, geographers must account for the uniqueness of resource peripheries while accounting …