Water politics in the Murray-Darling Basin / Daniel Connell.
Material type: TextPublication details: Annandale, N.S.W. : Federation Press, 2007.Description: xii, 241 p. ; 22 cmISBN:- 9781862876330
- 333.73170994 22
- HD1700.A1 C66 2007
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Includes index.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Prologue. The danger of boredom -- 1. Conversations with Goyder7F 19s ghost (A context for talking about water) -- 2. Beyond sober thought (Governments take control 1880s 1920s) -- 3. Excluding lawyers from paradise (Establishing a public policy framework 1900s 1980s) -- 4. Alignment of the planets (Another attempt at basin-wide management) -- 5. Talking sustainability dreaming production (Contradictions within contemporary water management) -- 6. The chariot wheels of the Commonwealth (Responsibility for reform what should be done?) -- Epilogue. Pragmatism, a philosophy of despair.
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