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The Influence of Balanced Growth in the Ohio Lake Erie Watershed

Bollmer, Kathleen A.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1258654351

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2009, MCP, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning : Community Planning.
The health of a natural body of water is inextricably linked to the condition of its watershed. Land cover and land use activities within a watershed are the sources of nonpoint source pollution, the greatest water quality problem facing U.S. waters today, and are influenced by such wide-ranging entities as governmental agencies, industries, conservation groups, farmers, and private property owners. Because traditional regulatory measures have been inadequate in curbing nonpoint source pollution, collaborative watershed management has emerged as a means to improving and protecting water bodies. This study examines one collaborative watershed management program, the Lake Erie Balanced Growth Program, in terms of its effectiveness at developing multi-jurisdictional watershed plans that will likely be implemented in a widespread and consistent manner throughout the watershed. The study identifies the roadblocks encountered by the Balanced Growth Program pilot projects, such as mistrust among participants, the influence of politics, and governmental fragmentation, and offers recommendations as to how the program may be improved to overcome these roadblocks in the future. The study found the most significant problem emerging from collaborative watershed management is that of indifference towards healthy watershed behavior and cooperation in a collaborative effort. Future watershed management efforts should allocate more resources towards education and motivation of local governments particularly to encourage them to participate in collaborative watershed management and follow through on the implementation of the resulting watershed plan.
Menelaos Triantafillou, MLA (Committee Chair)
Allison Roy, PhD (Committee Member)
Lois McKnight, MA (Committee Member)
161 p.
Urban Planning
watershed planning; balanced growth; nonpoint source pollution; collaborative watershed planning; watershed management; Lake Erie

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  • Bollmer, K. A. (2009). The Influence of Balanced Growth in the Ohio Lake Erie Watershed [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1258654351

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Bollmer, Kathleen. The Influence of Balanced Growth in the Ohio Lake Erie Watershed. 2009. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1258654351.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Bollmer, Kathleen. "The Influence of Balanced Growth in the Ohio Lake Erie Watershed." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1258654351

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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