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Sustainable power and scenic beauty: The Niagara River Water Diversion Treaty and its relevance today

Abstract

Niagara Falls and the Niagara River have always attracted great public interest due to their natural beauty, their enormous potential for electricity generation, their recreational value and as an important ecosystem. There have been simultaneous efforts to preserve this unique natural wonder and harness its power through hydroelectric development projects by both the United States and Canada. This paper explores the evolution of these efforts …

Authors

Sedoff A; Schott S; Karney B

Journal

Energy Policy, Vol. 66, , pp. 526–536

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

March 2014

DOI

10.1016/j.enpol.2013.10.060

ISSN

0301-4215