Screen LibraryWater policy in Australia：the impact of change and uncertainty
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| Published: |
Resources for the Future,
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| Publisher Address: | Washington, DC |
| Publication Dates: | 2008. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: |
Issues in water resource policy |
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| Carrier Form: | xi, 268 p.: ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781933115580 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1933115580 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | TV213 |
| CLC: |
TV213.-016.11 TU991.961.1-01 |
| Call Number: | TV213.-016.11/W324 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. An introduction to Australian water policy / Lin Crase -- The hydrological setting / Rebecca Letcher and Susan Powell -- Historical development of water resources in Australia: irrigation in the Murray-Darling Basin / Warren Musgrave -- The legal frameworks of Australian water: progression from common law rights to the sustainable shares / Jennifer McKay -- Uncertainty, risk, and water management in Australia / John Quiggin -- The institutional setting / Lin Crase and Brian Dollery -- Coping with the reforms to irrigated agriculture: the case of Murray Irrigation / Jenny McLeod and George Warne -- Hydroelectricity / Ronlyn Duncan and Aynsley Kellow -- Ecological requirements: creating a working river in the Murray-Darling Basin / Terry Hillman -- Urban water management / Geoff Edwards -- Acknowledging scarcity and achieving reform / Lin Crase and Sue O'Keefe -- Urban reuse and desalination / Stuart Khan -- Water trading and market design / John Rolfe -- Adaptive management / Phil Pagan -- The social and cultural aspects of sustainable water use / Geoffrey J. Syme and Blair E. Nancarrow -- Lessons from Australian water reform / Lin Crase. |