McFarlane, K., Harris, L. and Bakker, K. (2014). Features of institutions and governance processes that enable efficient, effective and equitable water management. Vancouver, BC: UBC Program on Water Governance.
Category: Publications
Regional surface and groundwater management and governance study: Review of North American case studies
McFarlane, K., Harris, L. and Bakker, K. (2014). Regional surface and groundwater management and governance study: Review of North American case studies. Vancouver, BC: UBC Program on Water Governance.
Microbial risk governance: Challenges and opportunities in Canada
Dunn, G., Harris, L. and Bakker, K. (2015). Microbial risk governance: Challenges and opportunities in Canada. Canadian Water Resources Journal, 40(3): 237-249. [Open Access]
Indigenous water governance in British Columbia and Canada: Annotated bibliography
Simms, R. (2015). Indigenous water governance in British Columbia and Canada: Annotated bibliography. Vancouver, BC: UBC Program on Water Governance.
Navigating the tensions in collaborative watershed governance: Water governance and indigenous communities in British Columbia, Canada
Simms, R., Harris, L., Joe, N., and Bakker, K. (2016). Navigating the tensions in collaborative watershed governance: Water governance and indigenous communities in British Columbia, Canada. Geoforum, 73: 6-16.
An open access version of this article is available here.
WHOSE INPUT COUNTS? PUBLIC CONSULTATION AND THE WATER SUSTAINABILITY ACT POLICY BRIEF
Jollymore, A., McFarlane, K. & Harris, L.M. (2016). Whose input counts? Public consultation and the Water Sustainability Act. Policy Brief. Vancouver: Program on Water Governance. Preprint PDF of the policy brief here
All of the water that is in our reserves and that is in our territories is ours”: Colonial and indigenous water governance in unceded indigenous territories in British Columbia
Harris, L. & Simms, R. (2016). “All of the water that is in our reserves and that is in our territories is ours”: Colonial and indigenous water governance in unceded indigenous territories in British Columbia. Project Report. Canadian Water Network & Water, Economics, Policy and Governance Network. French version available here.
The main findings of this research and insights for decision makers are summarized in a policy brief, available in English and French.
MULTIPLE ONTOLOGIES OF WATER: POLITICS, CONFLICT AND IMPLICATIONS FOR GOVERNANCE
Yates, J., Wilson, N., Harris, L. (2017). Multiple Ontologies of Water: Politics, Conflict and Implications for Governance. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 35(5): 797–815.
Whose input counts? Evaluating the process and outcomes of public consultation through the BC Water Act Modernization
Jollymore, A., McFarlane, K., Harris, L. (2017). Whose input counts? Evaluating the process and outcomes of public consultation through the BC Water Act Modernization. Critical Policy Studies, in press.
The accepted manuscript of the published article is available here. A policy brief, summarizing the key messages and implications for decision makers from this article is available here.
Human Right to Water: Contemporary Challenges and Contours of a Global Debate
Mirosa, O. and Harris, L. (2011). Human Right to Water: Contemporary Challenges and Contours of a Global Debate. Antipode 44(3): 932-949.