Beyond drought : people, policy and perspectives /
Australia is the only country on the planet that has a non-annual climate cycle and this poses real challenges for an agricultural sector based on practices which were developed for the relative predictability of a European climate. Since 1989 official Government policy in Australia has moved toward...
| Други автори: | Fisher, Melanie., Botterill, Linda Courtenay. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Collingwood, Vic. : London :
CSIRO ; Eurospan,
2003.
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http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=110122 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Beyond drought. |
Съдържание:
- Foreword and acknowledgements; Contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Living in the Australian environment; 2 Climate and drought in Australia; 3 Government responses to drought in Australia; 4 Media representations and public perceptions of drought; 5 Australian drought as lived experience: Social and community impacts; 6 Economic aspects of drought and drought policy; 7 Linking environments, decision-making and policy in handling climatic variability; 8 Perceptions of drought risk: The farmer, the scientist and the policy economist.