
Decision Making in Water Resources Policy and Management
An Australian Perspective
Description
Key Features
- Summarizes key results from three decades of changes in Australian water resource policy
- Illustrates how Australian knowledge is being used in other countries and how this might be expanded
- Provides international practitioners with real examples of where and how the Australian knowledge is assisting in other situations
Readership
Early to mid-career practitioners engaged in policy, planning and operational roles in all fields of water resource policy and management and in catchment management
Table of Contents
PART 1 INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1 Water Resource Policy, Planning and Management in Australia—An Overview
J. Doolan, B.T. HartPART 2 RECENT WATER RESOURCES POLICY AND MANAGEMENT CHANGES IN AUSTRALIA
CHAPTER 2 Managing the River Murray: One Hundred Years of Politics
C. GuestCHAPTER 3 Evolution of Water Entitlements and Markets in Victoria, Australia
C. FitzpatrickCHAPTER 4 Agriculture in Northern Victoria (Australia) Over the Past 20–30 Years: Factors Influencing Decision Making by Individual Farmers
R. RendellCHAPTER 5 Urban—Major Reforms in Urban Water Policy and Management in Major Australian Cities
J. Chong, S. WhiteCHAPTER 6 Environmental Water Reform
S.E. BunnPART 3 INPUTS INTO THE WATER RESOURCES DECISION-MAKING PROCESS
CHAPTER 7 Environmental Flows and Eco-Hydrological Assessments in Rivers
M.J. Stewardson, J.A. Webb, A. HorneCHAPTER 8 The Role of Economic Analysis in Water Resource Management—The Murray-Darling Experience
D. JamesCHAPTER 9 Social-Ecological Analyses for Better Water Resources Decisions
S.A. Bekessy, M.J. SelinskeCHAPTER 10 Assessing and Managing the Social Effects of Water Reform in Agricultural Areas
J. SchirmerCHAPTER 11 Finding Diamonds in the Dust: Community Engagement in Murray-Darling Basin Planning
P.-L. Tan, K. AutyCHAPTER 12 Integrated Approaches Within Water Resource Planning and Management in Australia—Theory and Application
C.A. Pollino, S.H. Hamilton, B. Fu, A.J. JakemanPART 4 AUSTRALIAN CASE STUDIES
CHAPTER 13 Case Study 1—The Murray-Darling Basin Plan
B.T. Hart, D. DavidsonCHAPTER 14 The Victorian Waterway Management Strategy
S.E. Loo, A. ClarkeCHAPTER 15 Managing Water Quality for the Great Barrier Reef
R. Eberhard, J. Brodie, J. WaterhousePART 5 TRANSFER OF THE KNOWLEDGE—INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDIES
CHAPTER 16 Knowledge Transfer in International Water Resource Management—Six Challenges
I. Campbell, C. BarlowCHAPTER 17 Building Expertise in River Basin Modeling—Transfer of Knowledge from Australia to India
C.A. Pollino, P.J. Wallbrink, A.K. Parashar, G.M. Podger, R. McLoughlinCHAPTER 18 Design of a National River Health Assessment Program for China
C. Gippel, Y. Zhang, X.D. Qu, N. Bond, W.J. Kong, C. Leigh, J. Catford, R. Speed, W. MengPART 6 CHALLENGES FOR THE FUTURE
CHAPTER 19 Future Challenges
B.T. Hart, J. Doolan, S.E. Bunn, A. Horne, C.A. Pollino, R. Rendell, A. Webb
Product details
- No. of pages: 398
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2017
- Published: May 19, 2017
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128105238
- eBook ISBN: 9780128105245
About the Editors
Barry Hart
Affiliations and Expertise
Jane Doolan
Affiliations and Expertise
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