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Book Towards Sustainable Water Resource Management for the Adelaide Hills and Fleurieu

Download or read book Towards Sustainable Water Resource Management for the Adelaide Hills and Fleurieu written by South Australian Government - Department of Environment & Natural Resources and published by . This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Managing Water for Australia

Download or read book Managing Water for Australia written by Karen Hussey and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2007-07-12 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australian water policy and management are undergoing rapid and immense change in response to drought, technological advances, climate change and demographic and economic shifts. The National Water Initiative and the 2007 Australian Government water policy statements propose a fundamental shift in how Australians will use and manage water in the future. The implementation of the national water policy presents many challenges – the creation of water rights and markets, comprehensive water planning, new legislative settings, community participation in water management, linking urban and rural water management, and more. Managing Water for Australia brings together leading social sciences researchers and practitioners to identify the major challenges in achieving sustainable water management, to consolidate current knowledge, and to explore knowledge gaps in and opportunities for furthering water reform.

Book Water Policy Reform

    Book Details:
  • Author : John Quiggin
  • Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
  • Release : 2012
  • ISBN : 1781000328
  • Pages : 257 pages

Download or read book Water Policy Reform written by John Quiggin and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'This book is a must-read for anyone interested in how to ensure sustainability while effectively addressing social and economic issues. The contributors are all well-recognised in their areas of expertise and their chapters are highly informative. The book's focus is on policy reform in the MurrayDarling Basin. It offers a "window to the future" and important insights for other parts of the world that are also facing the dilemma of the overextraction of water and what to do about it. I highly recommend it.' Quentin Grafton, The Australian National University 'Managing the water of the MurrayDarling Basin has emerged as one of the greatest challenges for Australia's scientists, social scientists and policymakers. This book brings together some of Australia's leading economists and social scientists to discuss ideas and solutions for a national problem that is both intriguing and exasperating. Readers will enjoy the candid discussion of both the distant and recent history of this issue, plus the innovative solutions. From a philosophical perspective the reader may wish to muse on the relative merits of different degrees of free market and private property approaches vs top-down control as they pertain to the past, present and future of Australia's largest river basin.' Hugh Possingham, University of Queensland, Australia Agriculture in the MurrayDarling Basin of Australia represents a controversial 'policy experiment' comprising large capital investments, innovation and enterprise across a 100-year period. This book, which contains contributions from some of Australia's foremost economic, social science and public policy researchers and writers, examines the evolution of public policy frameworks that transformed water management from initial exploitation for irrigation as a dominant single use to a dynamic multiple-use resource system. Water Policy Reform provides both analytical insights and examples of successes and failures in developing water policy in a complex and politically-contested environment. As such, this work attempts to develop a comprehensive management plan for the Basin and provides novel and invaluable lessons for an increasingly global problem. This well-researched study will interest both economists and those with public policy interest in academia and the public sector, including development agencies concerned with sustainable water resource management.

Book Sustainable Water Resources Management

Download or read book Sustainable Water Resources Management written by Nicholas S. Fleming and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Australia s Water Resources

Download or read book Australia s Water Resources written by John Pigram and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2007-05-25 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australia’s Water Resources seeks to explore the circumstances underpinning the profound reorientation of attitudes and relationships to water that has taken place in Australia in recent decades. The changing emphasis from development to management of water resources continues to evolve and is reflected in a series of public policy initiatives directed towards rational, efficient and sustainable use of the nation's water. Australia is now recognised as a pacesetter in water reform. Administrative restructuring, water pricing, water markets and trade, integrated water resources management, and the emergence of the private sector, are features of a more economically sound and environmentally compatible water industry. It is important that these changes are documented and their rationale and effectiveness explained. This timely work provides an important synthesis of these issues. This revised paperback edition is a fully corrected reprint of the hardback edition.

Book A Water Story

    Book Details:
  • Author : Geoff Beeson
  • Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
  • Release : 2020-02-03
  • ISBN : 148631130X
  • Pages : 302 pages

Download or read book A Water Story written by Geoff Beeson and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2020-02-03 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Freshwater scarcity is a critical challenge, with social, economic, political and environmental consequences. Water crises in Australia have already led to severe restrictions being applied in cities, drought ravaging farmlands, and the near-terminal decline of some rivers and wetlands. A Water Story provides an account of Australian water management practices, set against important historical precedents and the contemporary experience of other countries. It describes the nature and distribution of the country's natural water resources, management of these resources by Indigenous Australians, the development of urban water supply, and support for pastoral activities and agricultural irrigation, with the aid of case studies and anecdotes. This is followed by discussion of the environmental consequences and current challenges of water management, including food supply, energy and climate change, along with options for ensuring sustainable, adequate high-quality water supplies for a growing population. A Water Story is an important resource for water professionals and those with an interest in water and the environment and related issues, as well as students and the wider community.

Book The Australian Water Reform Journey

Download or read book The Australian Water Reform Journey written by Jane Doolan and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Australian Water Partnership is pleased to provide this high-level overview of the Australian water journey. Over the past three decades, this journey transformed water policy, management and institutional arrangements in Australia.Driven by the recognition that water is an economic enabler, our experience has shown that water can be managed sustainably, in a way that increases its economic value while meeting environmental objectives. This paper outlines the drivers for water reform, identifies the key areas transformed and provides some insights on the pathway to implementation.

Book Sustainable Water Management

Download or read book Sustainable Water Management written by Brian Spies and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Sustainability and Water Resources Management for the Northern Adelaide Plains  South Australia

Download or read book Sustainability and Water Resources Management for the Northern Adelaide Plains South Australia written by Nicholas S. Fleming and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concept of sustainable development is explored with a focus upon water resources and urban development. Simulation of urban growth patterns and water resources management has been undertaken as part of the case study. The artificial Neural Networks technique has been employed to model regional water consumption.

Book The Evolution of Markets for Water

Download or read book The Evolution of Markets for Water written by Jeff Bennett and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How policymakers are striving to move away from government regulation and achieve a balance between a property rights and a market based approach to the allocation of water resources.

Book Reforming Water Law and Governance

Download or read book Reforming Water Law and Governance written by Cameron Holley and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-04-27 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book identifies the most effective water policy tools and innovations, and the circumstances that foster their successful implementation by taking a comparative look at a world-leading ‘laboratory’ of water law and governance: Australia. In particular, the book analyses Australia’s 20-year experience implementing a hybrid governance system of markets, hierarchical regulation, and collaborative integrated water planning. Australia is acknowledged as a world leader in water governance reform, and an examination of its relatively mature water law and governance system has great significance for many international academics and jurisdictions. This book synthesises practical lessons and theoretical insights from Australia, as well as recommendations from comparative analysis with countries such as the United States to provide useful guidance for policymakers and scholars seeking to apply water instruments in a wide range of policy contexts. The book also advances our understanding of water and broader environmental governance theory and is a valuable reference for scholars, researchers and students working in law, regulation and governance studies – especially in the field of water and environmental law. Chapter “Lessons from Australian water reforms: Indigenous and environmental values in market-based water regulation” is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Book Managing Climate Change

    Book Details:
  • Author : Imogen Jubb
  • Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
  • Release : 2010-05-24
  • ISBN : 0643098313
  • Pages : 297 pages

Download or read book Managing Climate Change written by Imogen Jubb and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2010-05-24 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an important snapshot of the issues presented at the Greenhouse 2009 conference.

Book Australia s Water Resources

Download or read book Australia s Water Resources written by John Pigram and published by Csiro. This book was released on 2007 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised paperback edition is a fully corrected reprint which has also been updated to take account of the recent appointment of Mr Malcolm Turnbull as Minister for The Environment and Water Resources and the Commonwealth Government's initiative concerning the management of the Murray Darling Basin.Australias Water Resources seeks to explore the circumstances underpinning the profound reorientation of attitudes and relationships to water that has taken place in Australia in recent decades. The changing emphasis from development to management of water resources continues to evolve and is reflected in a series of public policy initiatives directed towards rational, efficient and sustainable use of the nation's water.

Book Think Water  Act Water

Download or read book Think Water Act Water written by Australian Capital Territory and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Think water, act water addresses issues of water quality as well as quantity, taking a catchment perspective, and using the water cycle as a basis for integrating stormwater, water supply and wastewater elements. The strategy aims to improve water use efficiency, reduce water quality impacts, enhance ecological values in urban waterways, enhance recreational and amenity value, and reduce water supply and management costs. This review reports on the activities undertaken during the first year of implementation of the strategy. The intent of the report is to provide a check on the effectiveness of the implementation of Think water, act water against its objectives and targets.

Book Cap   Pipe the Bores

Download or read book Cap Pipe the Bores written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Cap & Pipe the Bores is a jointly funded initiative of the NSW and Commonwealth Governments which aims to achieve sustainable land and water management in the Great Artesian Basin (GAB). In only the first five years, from 1999 to 2004 the program has saved approximately 26,000ML each and every year."--P. [1]

Book Management of Water Resources

Download or read book Management of Water Resources written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: