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Endurance : Australian stories of drought / / Deb Anderson
| Endurance : Australian stories of drought / / Deb Anderson |
| Autore | Anderson Deb |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Collingwood, Victoria : , : Csiro Publishing, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
| Disciplina | 362.1096773 |
| Soggetto topico |
Droughts - Social aspects - Australia
Climatic changes - Social aspects - Australia Rural population - Victoria - Mallee - Social conditions Rural conditions |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-4863-0121-5
9781486301218 9781486301201 1486301223 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction; Map showing interview sites; CLIMATE, CULTURE AND CONTEXT; One: Drought as a cultural concept; Endurance: a test of character; Mediating rurality: a defining story of national identity; What of the experience of drought?; Two: Redefining drought; Rural drought: the overarching context; Myths of nature; Climate cycles and the legacy of weather lore; Australian drought science: early developments; Deciles and the statistical regulation of drought; El Niño and the rise of climate prediction; The evolution of Australian drought policy
Drought as a natural disasterDrought as a production risk; Drought policy as a tool of rural adjustment; Exceptional Circumstances; Positioning subjects: discourse of risk and self-reliance; The political economy of drought; Three: Making histories in the Mallee; A history of Mallee exceptionalism; Exodus, 'excess' and economic strife; Of memory and oral history in the Mallee; Drought 'makes who we are'; Dwelling in uncertainty; Listening for change; 'We'll all be rooned': how narrative sets up its own ending; Definitional struggles; ORAL HISTORIES OF DROUGHT Four: Survival, making sense of crisis and 'making do'Andrea Hogan: 'drought' as a loss of people who want theirstory heard; Robert and Yvonne McClelland with Bev Cook: on crisis andhistorical continuity; Greg and Dot Brown: 'we become Mallee farmers through the weather'; Pam Elliott: remembering 'the way things were'; Concluding remarks; Five: Reconciling uncertainty, cycles and change; Brent and Melissa Morrish: 'what the Powers That Be don't see'; Lynne Healy and Gwen Cooke: innovative ways to reach peoplein need; Maree, Des and Andrew Ryan: cycles of climate, grim humourand hope Robert, Merle and Michael Pole: between bare ground and thebank accountConcluding remarks; Six: Adaptation in response to climatic risk; Ivan Mock: drought and the language of risk; Jim Maynard: 'we can't let climate change become a negative'; Ben and Noreen Jones: signs of economy and evolution; Hubie Sheldon: awaiting a 'new generation of pioneers'; Concluding remarks; Conclusion; Works cited; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460069903321 |
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| Collingwood, Victoria : , : Csiro Publishing, , [2014] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Endurance : Australian stories of drought / / Deb Anderson
| Endurance : Australian stories of drought / / Deb Anderson |
| Autore | Anderson Deb |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Collingwood, Victoria : , : Csiro Publishing, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
| Disciplina | 362.1096773 |
| Soggetto topico |
Droughts - Social aspects - Australia
Climatic changes - Social aspects - Australia Rural population - Victoria - Mallee - Social conditions Rural conditions |
| ISBN |
1-4863-0122-3
1-4863-0121-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction; Map showing interview sites; CLIMATE, CULTURE AND CONTEXT; One: Drought as a cultural concept; Endurance: a test of character; Mediating rurality: a defining story of national identity; What of the experience of drought?; Two: Redefining drought; Rural drought: the overarching context; Myths of nature; Climate cycles and the legacy of weather lore; Australian drought science: early developments; Deciles and the statistical regulation of drought; El Niño and the rise of climate prediction; The evolution of Australian drought policy
Drought as a natural disasterDrought as a production risk; Drought policy as a tool of rural adjustment; Exceptional Circumstances; Positioning subjects: discourse of risk and self-reliance; The political economy of drought; Three: Making histories in the Mallee; A history of Mallee exceptionalism; Exodus, 'excess' and economic strife; Of memory and oral history in the Mallee; Drought 'makes who we are'; Dwelling in uncertainty; Listening for change; 'We'll all be rooned': how narrative sets up its own ending; Definitional struggles; ORAL HISTORIES OF DROUGHT Four: Survival, making sense of crisis and 'making do'Andrea Hogan: 'drought' as a loss of people who want theirstory heard; Robert and Yvonne McClelland with Bev Cook: on crisis andhistorical continuity; Greg and Dot Brown: 'we become Mallee farmers through the weather'; Pam Elliott: remembering 'the way things were'; Concluding remarks; Five: Reconciling uncertainty, cycles and change; Brent and Melissa Morrish: 'what the Powers That Be don't see'; Lynne Healy and Gwen Cooke: innovative ways to reach peoplein need; Maree, Des and Andrew Ryan: cycles of climate, grim humourand hope Robert, Merle and Michael Pole: between bare ground and thebank accountConcluding remarks; Six: Adaptation in response to climatic risk; Ivan Mock: drought and the language of risk; Jim Maynard: 'we can't let climate change become a negative'; Ben and Noreen Jones: signs of economy and evolution; Hubie Sheldon: awaiting a 'new generation of pioneers'; Concluding remarks; Conclusion; Works cited; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787004303321 |
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Anderson Deb
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| Collingwood, Victoria : , : Csiro Publishing, , [2014] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Endurance : Australian stories of drought / / Deb Anderson
| Endurance : Australian stories of drought / / Deb Anderson |
| Autore | Anderson Deb |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Collingwood, Victoria : , : Csiro Publishing, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
| Disciplina | 362.1096773 |
| Soggetto topico |
Droughts - Social aspects - Australia
Climatic changes - Social aspects - Australia Rural population - Victoria - Mallee - Social conditions Rural conditions |
| ISBN |
1-4863-0122-3
1-4863-0121-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction; Map showing interview sites; CLIMATE, CULTURE AND CONTEXT; One: Drought as a cultural concept; Endurance: a test of character; Mediating rurality: a defining story of national identity; What of the experience of drought?; Two: Redefining drought; Rural drought: the overarching context; Myths of nature; Climate cycles and the legacy of weather lore; Australian drought science: early developments; Deciles and the statistical regulation of drought; El Niño and the rise of climate prediction; The evolution of Australian drought policy
Drought as a natural disasterDrought as a production risk; Drought policy as a tool of rural adjustment; Exceptional Circumstances; Positioning subjects: discourse of risk and self-reliance; The political economy of drought; Three: Making histories in the Mallee; A history of Mallee exceptionalism; Exodus, 'excess' and economic strife; Of memory and oral history in the Mallee; Drought 'makes who we are'; Dwelling in uncertainty; Listening for change; 'We'll all be rooned': how narrative sets up its own ending; Definitional struggles; ORAL HISTORIES OF DROUGHT Four: Survival, making sense of crisis and 'making do'Andrea Hogan: 'drought' as a loss of people who want theirstory heard; Robert and Yvonne McClelland with Bev Cook: on crisis andhistorical continuity; Greg and Dot Brown: 'we become Mallee farmers through the weather'; Pam Elliott: remembering 'the way things were'; Concluding remarks; Five: Reconciling uncertainty, cycles and change; Brent and Melissa Morrish: 'what the Powers That Be don't see'; Lynne Healy and Gwen Cooke: innovative ways to reach peoplein need; Maree, Des and Andrew Ryan: cycles of climate, grim humourand hope Robert, Merle and Michael Pole: between bare ground and thebank accountConcluding remarks; Six: Adaptation in response to climatic risk; Ivan Mock: drought and the language of risk; Jim Maynard: 'we can't let climate change become a negative'; Ben and Noreen Jones: signs of economy and evolution; Hubie Sheldon: awaiting a 'new generation of pioneers'; Concluding remarks; Conclusion; Works cited; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815800603321 |
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| Collingwood, Victoria : , : Csiro Publishing, , [2014] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Indicators and surrogates of biodiversity and environmental change / / editors, David Lindenmayer, Philip Barton and Jennifer Pierson
| Indicators and surrogates of biodiversity and environmental change / / editors, David Lindenmayer, Philip Barton and Jennifer Pierson |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Clayton, Victoria : , : Csiro Publishing : , : CRC, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.7063 |
| Soggetto topico |
Biodiversity conservation
Environmental indicators Environmental management Environmental monitoring |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-4863-0410-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460488003321 |
| Clayton, Victoria : , : Csiro Publishing : , : CRC, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Indicators and surrogates of biodiversity and environmental change / / editors, David Lindenmayer, Philip Barton and Jennifer Pierson
| Indicators and surrogates of biodiversity and environmental change / / editors, David Lindenmayer, Philip Barton and Jennifer Pierson |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Clayton, Victoria : , : Csiro Publishing : , : CRC, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.7063 |
| Soggetto topico |
Biodiversity conservation
Environmental indicators Environmental management Environmental monitoring |
| ISBN |
1-4863-0411-7
1-4863-0410-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797843103321 |
| Clayton, Victoria : , : Csiro Publishing : , : CRC, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Indicators and surrogates of biodiversity and environmental change / / editors, David Lindenmayer, Philip Barton and Jennifer Pierson
| Indicators and surrogates of biodiversity and environmental change / / editors, David Lindenmayer, Philip Barton and Jennifer Pierson |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Clayton, Victoria : , : Csiro Publishing : , : CRC, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.7063 |
| Soggetto topico |
Biodiversity conservation
Environmental indicators Environmental management Environmental monitoring |
| ISBN |
1-4863-0411-7
1-4863-0410-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819542603321 |
| Clayton, Victoria : , : Csiro Publishing : , : CRC, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Responding to climate change : lessons from an Australian hotspot / / editor, Paul Burton
| Responding to climate change : lessons from an Australian hotspot / / editor, Paul Burton |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Collingwood, Victoria : , : Csiro Publishing, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (217 p.) |
| Disciplina | 577.690994 |
| Soggetto topico |
Climatic changes - Australia
Coastal engineering - Environmental aspects - Australia Coastal zone management - Australia Shore protection - Australia |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-643-10862-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Author biographies; 1 So you think you know the answers - some bear-traps of climate change adaptation; Do you understand? Climate models and displacement activities; Are you listening? The role of communication; Do you know what to do? Understanding what is effective adaptation; Conclusions; 2 Wicked, diabolical or what? Responding rationally in a turbulent environment; Introduction; Problems with the rationalist framing of climate change adaptation; The challenge of scientific uncertainty and reliability; The challenge of effective public participation
The challenge of reconciling global and local perspectivesConclusions; 3 Rationality under uncertainty: why politics matters; Introduction; Who decides? Expert authority versus political authority; The rational policy model's irrational expectations under uncertainty; Better (more rational) decision making under uncertainty: hedging; Conclusions; 4 A Bayesian perspective of climate change adaptation in South East Queensland, Australia; Introduction; The Bayesian Belief Network modelling framework; Case study area; Stakeholder workshops; General outcomes of the participatory workshops A case study BBN for closer inspection: Energy workshopDiscussion; Conclusions; 5 Mainstreaming climate change adaptation: a multi-level governance agenda; Introduction; Mainstreaming as a climate change adaptation strategy; Multi-level governance and adaptation in Australia; Mainstreaming adaptation in Australian coastal settlements; Learning from SEQ; Conclusions; 6 Show me the benefits: public participation in climate adaptation planning in South East Queensland; Introduction; Benefits at hand: what public participation can deliver; Research approach Institutional framings of public participation in adaptationGold Coast City Council's Climate Change Strategy 2009-2014; Sunshine Coast Council's Climate Change and Peak Oil Strategy 2010-2020; Conclusions; 7 Climate adaptation policy and planning in South East Queensland; Introduction; National policies and plans; State/regional actions up to 2012; Recent state and regional changes; Local actions; Conclusions; 8 Mainstreaming climate change adaptation through technology transfer in developing countries: a climate hotspot case from coastal Bangladesh; Introduction Technology transfer in climate change adaptation in BangladeshBarriers to technology transfer and implementation in climate change adaptation; Conclusions; 9 Climate change hotspots in the tourism sector; Introduction; Geographic regions; Conclusions; 10 Integrating pollution reporting, climate changeadaptation, disaster risk management andland-use planning: a case study of the 2011Brisbane floods; Introduction; Policy strand 1: pollution reporting; Policy strand 2: climate change adaptation; Policy strand 3: disaster risk management; Policy strand 4: land-use planning Pilot study: the Brisbane floods 2011 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460063303321 |
| Collingwood, Victoria : , : Csiro Publishing, , [2014] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Responding to climate change : lessons from an Australian hotspot / / editor, Paul Burton
| Responding to climate change : lessons from an Australian hotspot / / editor, Paul Burton |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Collingwood, Victoria : , : Csiro Publishing, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (217 p.) |
| Disciplina | 577.690994 |
| Soggetto topico |
Climatic changes - Australia
Coastal engineering - Environmental aspects - Australia Coastal zone management - Australia Shore protection - Australia |
| ISBN |
0-643-10863-7
0-643-10862-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Author biographies; 1 So you think you know the answers - some bear-traps of climate change adaptation; Do you understand? Climate models and displacement activities; Are you listening? The role of communication; Do you know what to do? Understanding what is effective adaptation; Conclusions; 2 Wicked, diabolical or what? Responding rationally in a turbulent environment; Introduction; Problems with the rationalist framing of climate change adaptation; The challenge of scientific uncertainty and reliability; The challenge of effective public participation
The challenge of reconciling global and local perspectivesConclusions; 3 Rationality under uncertainty: why politics matters; Introduction; Who decides? Expert authority versus political authority; The rational policy model's irrational expectations under uncertainty; Better (more rational) decision making under uncertainty: hedging; Conclusions; 4 A Bayesian perspective of climate change adaptation in South East Queensland, Australia; Introduction; The Bayesian Belief Network modelling framework; Case study area; Stakeholder workshops; General outcomes of the participatory workshops A case study BBN for closer inspection: Energy workshopDiscussion; Conclusions; 5 Mainstreaming climate change adaptation: a multi-level governance agenda; Introduction; Mainstreaming as a climate change adaptation strategy; Multi-level governance and adaptation in Australia; Mainstreaming adaptation in Australian coastal settlements; Learning from SEQ; Conclusions; 6 Show me the benefits: public participation in climate adaptation planning in South East Queensland; Introduction; Benefits at hand: what public participation can deliver; Research approach Institutional framings of public participation in adaptationGold Coast City Council's Climate Change Strategy 2009-2014; Sunshine Coast Council's Climate Change and Peak Oil Strategy 2010-2020; Conclusions; 7 Climate adaptation policy and planning in South East Queensland; Introduction; National policies and plans; State/regional actions up to 2012; Recent state and regional changes; Local actions; Conclusions; 8 Mainstreaming climate change adaptation through technology transfer in developing countries: a climate hotspot case from coastal Bangladesh; Introduction Technology transfer in climate change adaptation in BangladeshBarriers to technology transfer and implementation in climate change adaptation; Conclusions; 9 Climate change hotspots in the tourism sector; Introduction; Geographic regions; Conclusions; 10 Integrating pollution reporting, climate changeadaptation, disaster risk management andland-use planning: a case study of the 2011Brisbane floods; Introduction; Policy strand 1: pollution reporting; Policy strand 2: climate change adaptation; Policy strand 3: disaster risk management; Policy strand 4: land-use planning Pilot study: the Brisbane floods 2011 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787010203321 |
| Collingwood, Victoria : , : Csiro Publishing, , [2014] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Responding to climate change : lessons from an Australian hotspot / / editor, Paul Burton
| Responding to climate change : lessons from an Australian hotspot / / editor, Paul Burton |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Collingwood, Victoria : , : Csiro Publishing, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (217 p.) |
| Disciplina | 577.690994 |
| Soggetto topico |
Climatic changes - Australia
Coastal engineering - Environmental aspects - Australia Coastal zone management - Australia Shore protection - Australia |
| ISBN |
0-643-10863-7
0-643-10862-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Author biographies; 1 So you think you know the answers - some bear-traps of climate change adaptation; Do you understand? Climate models and displacement activities; Are you listening? The role of communication; Do you know what to do? Understanding what is effective adaptation; Conclusions; 2 Wicked, diabolical or what? Responding rationally in a turbulent environment; Introduction; Problems with the rationalist framing of climate change adaptation; The challenge of scientific uncertainty and reliability; The challenge of effective public participation
The challenge of reconciling global and local perspectivesConclusions; 3 Rationality under uncertainty: why politics matters; Introduction; Who decides? Expert authority versus political authority; The rational policy model's irrational expectations under uncertainty; Better (more rational) decision making under uncertainty: hedging; Conclusions; 4 A Bayesian perspective of climate change adaptation in South East Queensland, Australia; Introduction; The Bayesian Belief Network modelling framework; Case study area; Stakeholder workshops; General outcomes of the participatory workshops A case study BBN for closer inspection: Energy workshopDiscussion; Conclusions; 5 Mainstreaming climate change adaptation: a multi-level governance agenda; Introduction; Mainstreaming as a climate change adaptation strategy; Multi-level governance and adaptation in Australia; Mainstreaming adaptation in Australian coastal settlements; Learning from SEQ; Conclusions; 6 Show me the benefits: public participation in climate adaptation planning in South East Queensland; Introduction; Benefits at hand: what public participation can deliver; Research approach Institutional framings of public participation in adaptationGold Coast City Council's Climate Change Strategy 2009-2014; Sunshine Coast Council's Climate Change and Peak Oil Strategy 2010-2020; Conclusions; 7 Climate adaptation policy and planning in South East Queensland; Introduction; National policies and plans; State/regional actions up to 2012; Recent state and regional changes; Local actions; Conclusions; 8 Mainstreaming climate change adaptation through technology transfer in developing countries: a climate hotspot case from coastal Bangladesh; Introduction Technology transfer in climate change adaptation in BangladeshBarriers to technology transfer and implementation in climate change adaptation; Conclusions; 9 Climate change hotspots in the tourism sector; Introduction; Geographic regions; Conclusions; 10 Integrating pollution reporting, climate changeadaptation, disaster risk management andland-use planning: a case study of the 2011Brisbane floods; Introduction; Policy strand 1: pollution reporting; Policy strand 2: climate change adaptation; Policy strand 3: disaster risk management; Policy strand 4: land-use planning Pilot study: the Brisbane floods 2011 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824528803321 |
| Collingwood, Victoria : , : Csiro Publishing, , [2014] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sustainable futures : linking population, resource and the environment / / editors, Jenny Goldie and Katharine Betts
| Sustainable futures : linking population, resource and the environment / / editors, Jenny Goldie and Katharine Betts |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Collingwood, Victoria : , : Csiro Publishing, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (232 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.720994 |
| Soggetto topico |
Sustainable development - Australia
Population - Environmental aspects - Australia Natural resources - Australia Environmental policy - Australia |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-4863-0190-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Author biographies; Introduction; 1 It's the numbers, stupid!; Endnote; References; 2 The environmental implications of population growth; Population growth in Australia; Population size, agricultural intensification and environmental impacts; The education-environment paradox; References; 3 Whither wildlife in an overpopulated world?; Introduction; Australia's human population; People and wildlife in Australia - pre-1788; People and wildlife in Australia - 1788 to the present; Direct effects of people on wildlife; Indirect effects of people on wildlife; Back to the future
ConclusionsAcknowledgements; Further reading; Endnotes; References; 4 The outlook for population growth in Australia; Sources of NOM; The permanent program; Temporary migrants; Working holiday makers; Temporary migrants on 457 visas; The momentum towards higher migration; References; 5 What population growth will do to Australia's society and economy; So what are we in for over the next 80 years or so?; Food and water and energy; Security; Infrastructure and services; Economic rocks ahead; House prices; Politicians pretending not to see; Endnotes; References 6 Ageing paranoia, its fictional basis and all too real costsThe importance of our population choice; Nations fear ageing more than overpopulation; Ageing is an inevitable but self-limiting feature of the demographic transition; The '3Ps': GDP = Population x Participation x Productivity; Demand and supply of labour; The real world experiment; How will we afford the pensions?; Health care is a growth industry; Depopulation dividends; The ageing crisis we are choosing; Just another Millennium Bug?; References; 7 The propaganda campaign against peaking fossil fuel production Energy and civilisationFuture rates of fossil fuel production; Net energy production; Threats to the fossil fuel industries and their responses; Inaccurate energy forecasts by the IEA; Climate change and fossil fuel peaks; The Australian Government's failure to address peak oil; Australia's significant and increasing fuel insecurity; References; 8 The coming radical change in mining practice; Mining is not as viable as it used to be - why?; Decreasing grade; Increase in required energy versus peak energy production; Peak total energy; The Big Picture; The writing on the wall for us all References9 Coal: nails in the global coffin; Endnote; References; 10 Save the soil to save the planet; Introduction; Current situation; Soils for Life focus on soil, water and vegetation; Healthy soils; Water; Vegetation; Soils for Life program; Soil advocacy; Conclusion; References; 11 Food, land and water: lessons from the Murray-Darling Basin; 12 Balancing water use for food and the environment: looking to the North based on lessons from the South; Setting the scene; Understanding the causes of environmental damage arising from agriculture Is there a case for major expansion of irrigation in northern Australia? |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460071203321 |
| Collingwood, Victoria : , : Csiro Publishing, , [2014] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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