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Record Nr.

UNINA9910583357803321

Autore

Hart B. T (Barry T.)

Titolo

Decision making in water resources policy and management : an Australian perspective / / Barry T. Hart, Jane Doolan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Academic Press, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

0-12-810524-0

0-12-810523-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (369 pages) : color illustrations

Disciplina

333.9100994

Soggetti

Water-supply - Australia

Water resources development - Government policy - Australia

Australia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Water resource policy, planning and management in Australia : an overview -- Managing the River Murray : one hundred years of politics -- Evolution of water entitlements and markets in Victoria, Australia -- Agriculture in Northern Victoria (Australia) over the past 20-30 years : factors influencing decision making by individual farmers -- Urban : major reforms in urban water policy and management in major Australian cities -- Environmental water reform -- Environmental flows and eco-hydrological assessments in rivers -- The role of economic analysis in water resource management : the Murray-Darling experience -- Social-ecological analyses for better water resources decisions -- Assessing and managing the social effects of water reform in agricultural areas -- Finding diamonds in the dust : community engagement in Murray-Darling Basin planning -- Integrated approaches within water resource planning and management in Australia : theory and application -- ; Case study 1 : The Murray-Darling Basin Plan -- The Victorian Waterway Management Strategy -- Managing water quality for the Great Barrier Reef -- Knowledge transfer in international water resource management : six challenges -- Building expertise in river basin modeling : transfer of knowledge from



Australia to India -- Design of a national river health assessment program for China -- Future challenges.