Water policy reform [electronic resource] : lessons in sustainability from the Murray Darling Basin / edited by John Quiggin, Thilak Mallawaarachchi, Sarah Chambers.

Contributor(s): Quiggin, John | Mallawaarachchi, Thilak | Chambers, Sarah | Edward Elgar PublishingMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Cheltenham ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, 2012Description: 1 online resource (xix, 238 p.) : ill., mapsISBN: 9781781000328 (e-book)Subject(s): Murray Darling Water Management Action Plan | Water resources development -- Government policy -- Australia -- Murray River Watershed (N.S.W.-S. Aust.) | Water resources development -- Government policy -- Australia -- Darling River Watershed (Qld. and N.S.W.) | Water resources development -- Environmental aspects | Sustainable development -- AustraliaGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification: 333.91009944 LOC classification: HD1700.M87 | W38 2012Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
pt. 1. Policy -- pt. 2. Agricultural production -- pt. 3. Environment -- pt. 4. Community.
Summary: Agriculture in the Murray--Darling Basin of Australia represents a controversial 'policy experiment' comprising large capital investments, innovation and enterprise across a hundred-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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. Policy -- pt. 2. Agricultural production -- pt. 3. Environment -- pt. 4. Community.

Agriculture in the Murray--Darling Basin of Australia represents a controversial 'policy experiment' comprising large capital investments, innovation and enterprise across a hundred-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.

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