Recherche en cours
– histoire de l’idée de l’eau dans la pensée moderne occidentale
– élaboration du concept du cycle hydro-social
– dimensions de la dialectique : eau/société
– changement de paradigme : de l’eau moderne aux eaux postmodernes
– gestion durable des cours d’eau dans l’anthropocene
Terrains de recherche
Région de la Baie James, dans le nord du Québec, Canada (les impacts socio-écologiques des grands barrages hydroélectriques)
Kingston, Ontario, Canada (la gestion participative de l’eau)
Ottawa, Canada (histoire des usages d’eau au Canada)
Bassin versant de la Dordogne, France (gestion durable des cours d’eau)
Bassin versant du Têt (gestion durable des cours d’eau)
Publications principales
Linton, Jamie. (2010) What is Water? The History of a Modern Abstraction. Vancouver: University of British Columbia (UBC) Press. 333 pp.
Linton, Jamie (1997) Beneath the Surface: The State of Water in Canada. Ottawa: Canadian Wildlife Federation. 144pp
Linton, Jamie and Jessica Budds, “The Hydrosocial Cycle: Mobilizing a Socio-Natural Concept” (in review) as lead article for a special issue of Geoforum edited by J. Budds, J. Linton and R. McDonnell.
Linton, Jamie and David B. Brooks (2011) ‘Governance of Transboundary Aquifers: New Challenges and Opportunities’. Water International 36 (5): 606-618.
Linton, Jamie (2011) “Fountains of Youth: resurrecting beaches and drinking fountains reflects a change in our relationship with water. Alternatives Journal 37(1): 8-11.
Brooks, David B. and Jamie Linton. (2011) “Governance of International Aquifers: Balancing Efficiency, Equity, and Sustainability” International Journal of Water Resources Development 27 (4) Special Issue: Governance of Transboundary Water Bodies of Latin America.
Linton, Jamie. (2008) “Is the Hydrologic Cycle Sustainable? A Historical-Geographical Critique of a Modern Concept” Annals of the Association of American Geographers 98(3): 630-649.
Linton, Jamie. (2006) “The Social Nature of Natural Resources – the Case of Water” Reconstruction: studies in contemporary culture.6 (3) Special Issue: Water: Resources and Discourses. (online here)
Linton, James I. (2004) “Global Hydrology and the Construction of a Water Crisis” The Great Lakes Geographer 11(2): 1-13.