Water policy reform
Subtitle: lessons in sustainability from the Murray Darling Basin
By: edited by John Quiggin, Thilak Mallawaarachchi, Sarah Chambers
Publisher: Edward Elgar
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cheltenham; Northampton, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9781781000311
Subjects: Murray Darling Water Management Action Plan; Environmental aspects; Government policy; Water resources development; Sustainable development
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.