Linking Water Governance to Global Socio-economic Drivers: Case of Demographic Change Near Great Lakes Basin

Data will be analyzed with both quantitative and qualitative methods. The quantitative method will include statistical analyses on the relationship between population groups and environmental behavior such as water consumption rates. The statistical analysis software, SPSS and other tools will be useful for such analyses. The qualitative method will involve the analysis of interviews as well as strategy documents, reports, plans and other documentary sources that are relevant to understand the behavior of immigrant groups in relation to water stewardship. The qualitative analysis software, QSRNVivo will be useful in qualitative analysis.

The data from Ontario will be use as input forcing for the hydro-economic model for the Great Lakes Basin

The purpose of this research is to offer detailed and systematic analyses of the role of changing demographics and societal values on water governance processes in the Ontario portion of the Great Lakes basin as well as offer potential governance innovations in addressing those challenges.

This dataset will support the project titled "Linking Water Governance to Economic, Social and Political Drivers" which is a Pillar 1-2 project under the Global Water Futures Program funded by Canada First Research Excellence Fund

de Loë, R., & Isaac, B. (2019). Linking Water Governance to Global Socio-economic Drivers: Case of Demographic Change Near Great Lakes Basin. Waterloo, Canada: Canadian Cryospheric Information Network (CCIN). (Unpublished Data).

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