Title: The value of water in a drying climate /
Authors: Hundloe, T. J. A.; Crawford, Christine
Publisher: CSIRO Pub.,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Water-supply Australia; Water demand management Australia.; Climatic changes Australia.
Abstract: "Disputes over water allocations are, second to climate change, the dominant environmental and public policy issues of the present era. We are called upon to resolve such controversies using the principles of sustainable development, which integrates ecology, economics, and ethics. This timely book establishes a template for resource allocation disputes, whether in Australia or overseas."--P. [4] of cover.
Contents: Introduction to sustainability -- The principles of sustainability and economics -- Economic values of nature -- Practical measurements : water as an ecosystem good -- The world's great river basins -- Accounting for water -- An introduction to the Little Swanport catchment -- The river system and water management -- The Little Swanport estuary -- Estuarine responses to environmental flows -- A short history of the catchment settlement -- The people and use of natural resources -- Communities and values -- The catchment regional economy -- The Little Swanport water accounts -- The value of water.