
Murray-Darling Basin, Australia
Its Future Management
Description
Key Features
- Provides a consolidated account of the Murray-Darling Basin system; an area of global relevance to those interested in rebalancing river systems where the water resources have been over allocated
- Offers a detailed analysis of the current system and its management, with a focus on water and ecosystem management
- Discusses a number of key challenges, particularly those related to climate change, facing future reforms to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan
- Provides a blueprint for changes needed to ensure the Basin is managed as an integrated whole (from catchment to coast)
Readership
Table of Contents
1. Introduction to the Murray–Darling Basin system, Australia
Barry T. Hart, Nick R. Bond, Neil Byron, Carmel A. Pollino, and Michael J. StewardsonSection 1: Rural communities and water-related assets
2. Rural and regional communities of the Murray–Darling Basin
Carmel A. Pollino, Barry T. Hart, Martin Nolan, Neil Byron, and Rod Marsh
3. Hydrology of the Murray–Darling Basin
Michael J. Stewardson, Glen Walker, and Matthew Coleman
4. Water-based assets of the Murray–Darling Basin and their ecological condition
Nick R. Bond, Shane Brooks, Samantha Capon, Jennifer Hale, Mark Kennard, and Heather McGinness
5. Ecological condition of the Lower Lakes and Coorong
Justin Brookes, Kane Aldridge, Matthew Hipsey, Brendan Busch, Qifeng Ye, Matt Gibbs, and David Paton
6. Water quality: Land use impacts on salinity, sediments, and nutrients
Glen Walker and Ian P. Prosser
7. Water quality in the Murray–Darling Basin: The potential impacts of climate change
Darren S. BaldwinSection 2: Policy and management of the MDB
8. Current water resources policy and planning in the Murray–Darling Basin
Megan Dyson
9. Current integrated catchment management policy and management settings in the Murray–Darling Basin
John Riddiford
10. Active management of environmental water in the Murray–Darling Basin
Hilary Johnson, Michael Peat, and Jody Swirepik
11. Monitoring, evaluation, and adaptive management in the Murray–Darling Basin
Ben Gawne, Katie A. Ryan, Matthew Coleman, Alex Meehan, Peter E. Davies, Adam Sluggett, Andy Lowes, Neville Crossman, and Colin MuesSection 3: Climate change impacts in the MDB
12. Climate change in the Murray–Darling Basin
Penny Whetton and Francis Chiew
13. Adaptation and policy responses to climate change impacts in the Murray–Darling Basin
Anthony (Tony) SlatyerSection 4: Policy and management responses to other future challenges
14. Future environmental water management
Andrew K. Sharpe, Darren S. Baldwin, Fiona Dyer, and Iwona Conlan
15. Empowering First Nations in the governance and management of the Murray–Darling Basin
Sue Jackson, Rene Woods, and Fred Hooper
16. Challenges to improved integrated management of the Murray–Darling Basin
Rebecca Nelson
17. The role of future science and technologies in water management
Chantal Donnelly, Leo Lymburner, Ulrike Bende-Michl, Andrew Frost, and Eva Rodriguez
18. The way forward: Continuing policy and management reforms in the Murray–Darling basin
Barry T. Hart, Jason Alexandra, Nick R. Bond, Neil Byron, Rod Marsh, Carmel A. Pollino, and Michael J. Stewardson
Product details
- No. of pages: 470
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Elsevier 2020
- Published: October 23, 2020
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128181522
- eBook ISBN: 9780128181539
About the Editors
Barry Hart
Affiliations and Expertise
Neil Byron
Affiliations and Expertise
Nick Bond
Affiliations and Expertise
Carmel Pollino
Affiliations and Expertise
Michael Stewardson
Affiliations and Expertise
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