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Decision making in water resources policy and management
Front Cover; Decision Making in Water Resources Policy and Management: An Australian Perspective; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; What Is This Book About?; Book Structure; The Decision-Making Process; Recent Water Resources Policy and Management Changes in Australia; Evidence Base Required for Water Resources Decision-Making; Examples of Policy Change-Australian Case Studies; Transfer of New Knowledge Overseas; Challenges for the Future; References; Author Biographies; Part 1: Introduction; Chapter 1: Water Resource Policy, Planning and Management in Australia-An Overview
IntroductionPhases in Australian Water Management; The Early Years-The ``Build and Supply ́́Phase; The Reform Era; Key Elements of Australian Water Reform; Progress With Water Reform; The Millennium Drought (1997-2009); The Process of Water Reform; Decision Making in Water Reform; The Australian Experience-International Applicability; Water Reform in Australia-The Future; References; Part 2: Recent Water Resources Policy and Management Changes in Australia; Chapter 2: Managing the River Murray: One Hundred Years of Politics; Introduction; The Road to the First River Murray Waters Agreement
The Building Years (1917-73)Tackling Water Quality and Environmental Degradation (1973-2006); Salinity; Introduction of the ``Cap;́́ Environmental Flows and the Living Murray Initiative; A New Era; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: Evolution of Water Entitlements and Markets in Victoria, Australia; Introduction; Changing the Objectives of Water Resource Management; Establishing Water Entitlements Based on the Concepts of Property Rights; Managing the Transition to New Entitlements; Goulburn-Broken Pilot; River Murray System; Managing the Evolution of the Water Market
Resetting Reform DirectionsThe Need for a Central Register of Entitlements; Stress Testing the New Framework; Managing Adjustment Pressures; Key Learnings and Reflections; References; Chapter 4: Agriculture in Northern Victoria (Australia) Over the Past 20-30 Years: Factors Influencing Decision Ma; Introduction; Growth of Irrigation in Northern Victoria; The Rob Rendell Story; Other Peoples Stories; Soldier settlement; Fruit blocks-mainly a migrant story; Dairy farming as a cheap way into agriculture; Exotic and new industries-saviors of the economy!
Niche industries-irrigation has provided other opportunitiesRemaining mixed farmers-most are part time; Last-generation farmers-part of ongoing restructuring; Lifestyle-irrigation properties can be effective large house blocks; Growing viable farm businesses-the new era; The Story of Water Use-The Past and the Future; Preirrigation; Indigenous era; Squatter-selector era; Federation; Irrigation Across the Southern Connected System From the 1970s to 2016; Rice industry; Dairy production; The Dynamic Equilibrium of Irrigation Enterprises; Southern connected system; The GMID; Underlying Changes