Beyond drought : people, policy and perspectives /
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| Imprint: | Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO ; [London : Eurospan] [distributor], 2003. |
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| Description: | xvi, 229 p. : ill., maps (some col.) ; 21 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5343102 |
Table of Contents:
- Features
- Provides the reader with an accessible overview of the Australian climate
- Invites the reader to consider the different facets of drought and the appropriate public policy response
- Takes account of the developments in climate science and the changes in policy approach over the last three decades
- Contents
- Foreword and acknowledgements
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Linda Courtenay Botterill, Postdoctoral Fellow in the National Europe Centre at the Australian National University and Melanie Fisher, Executive Manager in the Bureau of Rural Sciences in Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry--Australia
- Living in the Australian environment
- Mark Stafford Smith, Centre for Arid Zone Research CSIRO
- Climate and drought in Australia
- Janette A Lindesay, Education Manager in the Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Accounting, Australian National University
- Government responses to drought in Australia
- Linda Courtenay Botterill, Postdoctoral Fellow in the National Europe Centre at the Australian National University
- Media representations and public perceptions of drought
- Ãàsa Wahlquist, rural writer for The Australian newspaper
- Australian drought as lived experience: Social and community impacts
- Daniela Stehlik, Associate Dean Research in the Faculty of Arts, Health and Sciences and Associate Professor in Sociology in the School of Psychology and Sociology at Central Queensland University
- Economic aspects of drought and drought policy
- Bruce O'Meagher, senior Commonwealth Public Servant
- Linking environments, decision-making and policy in handling climatic variability
- Mark Stafford Smith, Centre for Arid Zone Research CSIRO
- Perceptions of drought risk: The farmer, the scientist and the policy economist
- Peter Hayman leader of the NSW Agriculture Agroclimatology Unit and Peter Cox, Regional Technical Adviser for Agriculture and Natural Research Management for SE Asia with Catholic Relief Services, a US-based NGO
- Drought policy and preparedness: the Australian experience in an international context
- Donald A. Wilhite is Director of the National Drought Mitigation Center and the International Drought Information Center and Professor, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Beyond drought in Australia: The way forward
- Linda Courtenay Botterill, Postdoctoral Fellow in the National Europe Centre at the Australian National University
- Bibliography
- Index
