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Okanagan Water Systems: an Historical Retrospect of Control, Domination and Change

Completed as a thesis for a Masters of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of British Columbia Okanagan, this paper explores water management from First Nations through to the damming of the Columbia.
“In this study, I examine the . . .

Author: Sam, Marlowe
Publisher: University of British Columbia
Date: 2008-09

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On Uprooting and Rerooting: Reflections on the Columbia River Project

“Relatively few people in Canada have suffered the dire experience of being uprooted and driven from their homes. But it happens all the time as public bodies expropriate private properties to satisfy public needs. From the viewpoint of political . . .

Author: Wilson, J. W. Conn, Maureen
Publisher: BC Studies
Date: 1983

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One Fish, Two Fish

“In March 1957, as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers prepared to close the gates of the Dalles Dam, thereby drowning the great tribal fishery at Celilo Falls on the Columbia River, Wyampum Chief Tommy Thompson called on the U.S. Congress to halt the . . .

Author: Clausen, Jan
Publisher: Nation
Date: 2000

Opening a Policy Window for Organisational Change: the Creation of BC Hydro’s Water Use Planning Program

This thesis was written for a Master of Science degree in Planning at the University of British Columbia.
“In the last few decades decision-making processes dedicated to allocating water among different uses have accorded increasing importance to the . . .

Author: Scodanibbio, Lucia
Publisher: University of British Columbia
Date: 2009

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Optimization of the Kootenay River Hydroelectric System with a Linear Programming Model

“The main objective of hydroelectric system optimization is to determine an operating policy for the best use of available resources. In order to find the optimum policy one should decide on the trade-off between the marginal value of water in the . . .

Author: Abolghasemi Riseh, Hamideh
Publisher: University of British Columbia
Date: 2008

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