From disaster response to risk management : Australia's national drought policy / edited by Linda Courtenay Botterill and Donald A. Wilhite.

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Living in the Australian environment / Mark Stafford Smith -- Climate and drought in the subtropics-the Australia example / J.A. Lindesay -- Indigenous water philosophy in an uncertain land /. D. Rose -- Late twentieth century approaches to living with uncertainty: the national drought policy / L.C. Botterill -- Managing risk?: social policy responses in time of drought / D. Stehlik -- Drought, news media and policy debate / I. Ward -- At the intersection of science and politics: defining exceptional drought / D.H. White, L.C. Botterill, B. O'Meagher -- Drought risk as a negotiated construct / P. Hayman, P. Cox -- Prospects for insuring against drought in Australia ./ G. Hertzler -- Policy for agricultural drought in Australia: an economics perspective / B. O'Meagher -- Drought policy and preparedness: the Australian experience in an international context / D.A. Wilhite -- Lessons for Australia and beyond / L.C. Botterill.