Murray-Darling Basin, Australia, Volume 1 - Its Future Management (Paperback)

Murray-Darling Basin, Australia: Its Future Management is a much-needed text for water resources managers, water, catchment, estuarine and coastal scientists, and aquatic ecologists. The book first provides a summary of the Murray-Darling River system: its hydrology, water-related ecological assets, land uses (particularly irrigation), and its rural and regional communities; and management within the Basin, including catchments and natural resources, water resources, irrigation, environment, and monitoring and evaluation. Additionally, the recent major water reforms in the Basin are discussed, with a focus particularly on the development and implementation of the Basin Plan. Murray-Darling Basin, Australia: Its Future Management then provides an analysis of the next set of policy and institutional reforms (environmental, social, cultural and economic) needed to ensure the Basin is managed as an integrated system (including its water resources, catchment and estuary) capable of adapting to future changes. Six major challenges facing the Basin are identified and discussed, particularly within the context of predicted changes to the climate leading to an increased frequency of drought and a hotter and dryer future. Finally, a 'road map' or 'blueprint' to achieve more integrated management of the Basin is provided, together with some 'key lessons' of relevance to others involved in the management of multijurisdictional river Basins.

General

Imprint:	Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Ecohydrology from Catchment to Coast
Release date:	October 2020
First published:	2021
Editors:	Barry Hart • Neil Byron • Nick Bond • Carmel Pollino • Michael Stewardson
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 31mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	470
ISBN-13:	978-0-12-818152-2
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Applied ecology > General
LSN:	0-12-818152-4
Barcode:	9780128181522

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