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Controversy Over the International Upper Great Lakes Study Recommendations: Pathways Towards Cooperation

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Unprecedented low water levels and a perception of inaction after a five-year study of the International Upper Great Lakes led activists to stir up controversy. This paper analyzes this conflict just prior to the release of the International Joint Commission’s report on April 15, 2013 and proposes resolutions towards cooperation and improved public perception.

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  1. Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Ryerson University, 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, ON, M5B 2K3, Canada

    Monika Karnis & Liping Fang

  2. Department of Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada

    Michele Bristow

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Karnis, M., Bristow, M., Fang, L. (2015). Controversy Over the International Upper Great Lakes Study Recommendations: Pathways Towards Cooperation. In: Kamiński, B., Kersten, G., Szapiro, T. (eds) Outlooks and Insights on Group Decision and Negotiation. GDN 2015. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 218. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19515-5_20

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