Water policy in Australia
Subtitle: the impact of change and uncertainty
By: edited by Lin Crase.
Contributors: Crase, Lin.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Resources for the Future
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781933115580
Subjects: Water-supply -- Government policy -- Australia; Water resources development -- Government policy -- Australia
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: An introduction to Australian water policy / Lin Crase; title: The hydrological setting / Rebecca Letcher and Susan Powell; title: Historical development of water resources in Australia: irrigation in the Murray-Darling Basin / Warren Musgrave; title: Legal frameworks of Australian water: progression from common law rights to the new sustainable shares / Jennifer Mckay; title: Uncertainty, risk and water management / John Quiggin; title: The institutional setting / Lin Crase and Brian Dollery; title: Coping with the reforms to irrigated agriculture: the case of Murray irrigation / Jenny Mcleod and George Warne; title: Hydroelectricity / Ronlyn Duncan and Aynsley Kellow; title: Ecological requirements: creating a working river in the Murray-Darling Basin / Terry Hillman; title: Urban water management / Geoff Edwards; title: Acknowledging scarcity and achieving reform / Lin Crase and Sue O'Keefe; title: Urban reuse and desalination / Stuart Khan; title: Water trading and market design / John Rolfe; title: Adaptive management / Phil Pagan; title: The social and cultural aspects of sustainable water use / Geoffrey J. Syme and Blair E. Nancarrow; title: Lessons from Australian water reform / Lin Crase.