Great Lakes: Lessons in Participatory Governance

 Content: 1: Setting the scene --
 Introduction and roadmap of the book / Velma I. Grover --
 Great Lakes - Great responsibilities : history of and lessons in participatory governance / Tom Crane --
 Governance in the Great Lakes - A regime in transition / Paul Muldoon --
 Innovations in decision making / Chris McLaughlan --
 Transnational municipal networks of American and Canadian local governments in the context of bilateral environmental relations : The emergence of a European phenomenon in the Great Lakes basin / Irek Kusimierczyk --
 The economic impact of remedial action plans: case studies from Ontario / Atif Kubursi --
 2: Principles of integrated water resources management --
 A brief introduction of integrated water resources management / Abigail Cruickshank and Velma I. Grover --
 Lessons learninged from implementing low impact development in the credit river watershed /  Christine Zimmer, Phil James, Kyle Vanderlinden, Robb Lukes, and Tracy Patterson --
 Conservation Ontario\'s coordinating mandate to promote an integrated watershed management approach to protection of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence ecosystem / Bonnie Fox and Sonya Meek --
 3: Case studies --
 The remedial action plan program, historical and contemporary overview / Gail Krantzberg --
 First off the list: the Collingwood Harbour story / Gail Krantzberg --
 Remedial action plan case study: participatory governance used in Hamilton Harbour / John Hall and Kristin M. O\'Connor --
 As the water flows : community based decision-making and participatory planning for the Maumee Area of Concern, Ohio / Patrick Lawrence --
 Remedial action plan: a case study of Presque Isle Bay / Lori Boughton --
 Sustaining restoration in light of climate change / Sommer Abdul-Fattah --
 4: Comparative analysis of the Great Lakes --
 A Holistic approach to natural resource management: A case of Lake Victoria Basin / Tom Okurut and Doreen M. Othero --
 Top-down and bottom-up approaches in the management of the Laurentian Great Lakes and Lake Victoria fisheries: a comparison of two shared water bodies / Marc Gaden, Oliva Mkumbo, Ted Lawrence, and Chris Goddard --
 5: Industrial leadership --
 Industry and governance in the Great Lakes Basins / George Kuper --
 Hamilton Harbour\'s regeneration: An industrial perspective / Ian Shaw --
 6: Conclusions --
 Conclusion - lessons learnt / Velma Grover.
 Abstract:             \"This edited volume while focusing on participatory governance in the Great Lakes basin in North America also gives a comparative perspective of the African Great Lakes. The book describes the actions taken at degraded locations along the Great Lakes in North America through Remedial Action Plans (RAP) and other mechanisms, with an aim to highlight the successes and failures encountered in ecosystem-based regenerative approaches.\" -- Page 4 of cover