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Gaining Insights About Water: The Value of Surveys in First Nations Communities to Inform Water Governance
(2012-10-11)Knowledge of how water is perceived, used and managed in a community is critical to the endeavour of water governance. Surveys of individuals residing in a community offer a valuable avenue to gain information about ... -
Innovation and adaptation in the Ontario grape and wine industry: An integrated, transdisciplinary response to climate change
(2012-11-29)With scientific consensus supporting a 4oC increase in global mean temperature over the next century and increased frequency of severe weather events, adaptation to climate change is critical. Given the dynamic and complex ... -
Buried Treasure: The Economics of Leak Detection and Water Loss Prevention in Ontario
(2013-04-11)On average approximately 13% of the water that is withdrawn by Canadian municipal water suppliers is lost before it reaches final users. This is an important topic for several reasons: water losses cost money, losses force ... -
Power, Contextual Intelligence and Leadership: Research Approaches for Understanding Participatory Community Climate Change Adaptation
(2013-11-19)Analysis of power in natural resources management is important as multiple stakeholders interact within complex, social-ecological systems. As a sub-set of these interactions, community climate change adaptation is ... -
Resilience: An Annotated Bibliography
(2014-03-18)This annotated bibliography provides an account of the research that has been done on engineering resilience, ecological resilience, and social-ecological resilience. Undertaken as part of the WEPGN research project titled ...