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Irrigation, Salinity, and Rural Communities in Australia's Murray-Darling Basin, 1945-2020 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023)
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Irrigation, Salinity, and Rural Communities in Australia's Murray-Darling Basin, 1945-2020 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023)
Series: Palgrave Studies in World Environmental History
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This book explores the issue of salinization in the context of
contemporary conflicts about irrigation, water, and the environment
in Australia, considering the Murray-Darling Basin in particular.
It provides an environmental and social history charting the
transformation of rural communities in the basin through the
salinization of soils and water. Focusing on the Goulburn-Murray
Irrigation district in the southwest of the Murray-Darling basin -
the largest irrigation district in Australia - it explores the
history of state-directed, large-scale engineering in the district,
where the environment has been altered dramatically to facilitate
white agricultural settlement inland. Changes to the landscape led
to extensive salinization, however - a significant environmental
threat in Australia. This book traces the impact of these changes
on rural communities, taking a 'bottom-up' approach, highlighting
the connections between environmental, social, and political
change. It provides an important reflection on the importance of
environmental history for facing the challenges posed by
anthropogenic climate change.
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