From disaster response to risk management : Australia’s national drought policy
From disaster response to risk management : Australia’s national drought policy Edited Book
- Author(s): Linda Courtenay Botterill, Donald A. Wilhite
- Published: 2005
- Publisher: Springer
- ISBN: 1402031246 (e-book) 1402031238
Abstract: Contents Introduction L. C. Botterill, D. A. Wilhite 1 Living In The Australian Environment Mark Stafford Smith 5 Climate And Drought In The Subtropics-The Australian Example J. A. Lindesay 15 Indigenous Water Philosophy In An Uncertain Land D. Rose 37 Late Twentieth Century Approaches To Living With Uncertainty: The National Drought Policy L. C. Botterill 51 Managing Risk?: Social Policy Responses In Time Of Drought D. Stehlik 65 Drought, News Media And Policy Debate I. Ward 85 At The Intersection Of Science And Politics: Defining Exceptional Drought D. H. White, L. C. Botterill, B. O'Meagher 99 Drought Risk As A Negotiated Construct P. Hayman, P. Cox 113 Prospects For Insuring Against Drought In Australia G. Hertzler 127 Policy For Agricultural Drought In Australia: An Economics Perspective B. O'Meagher 139 Drought Policy And Preparedness: The Australian Experience In An International Context D. A. Wilhite 157
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- Publisher Location: Dordrecht