Author: J. E. Lau
Publisher: Bureau of Mineral Resources Geology and Geophysics
ISBN:
Category : Aquifers
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Author: John Pigram
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN: 0643098623
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 239

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Australia’s Water Resources seeks to explore the circumstances underpinning the profound reorientation of attitudes and relationships to water that has taken place in Australia in recent decades. The changing emphasis from development to management of water resources continues to evolve and is reflected in a series of public policy initiatives directed towards rational, efficient and sustainable use of the nation's water. Australia is now recognised as a pacesetter in water reform. Administrative restructuring, water pricing, water markets and trade, integrated water resources management, and the emergence of the private sector, are features of a more economically sound and environmentally compatible water industry. It is important that these changes are documented and their rationale and effectiveness explained. This timely work provides an important synthesis of these issues. This revised paperback edition is a fully corrected reprint of the hardback edition.

Author: Robert Henderson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107432413
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 393

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From Uluru to the Great Dividing Range, The Geology of Australia explores the timeless forces that have shaped this continent.

Author: Kylie Carman-Brown
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Environmental policy
Languages : en
Pages : 734

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This thesis explores a new approach to writing the environmental history of settler societies through an explicit focus on ecological processes, as distinct from the more commonly used landscape or geographic units. In this case, I focus upon the hydrological cycle and four key processes that constitute it. The processes are precipitation; flow above and below ground in rivers, creeks and aquifers; stored or still water in lakes, ponds and wetlands; and evaporation.

Author: Nigel Bertram
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781760800468
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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How can design processes assist in understanding the underlying and hybrid nature of water systems in our urban environments so that we can better prepare for the densification of cities and the impact of climate change? This book captures propositions and speculations around this question through design studies undertaken in three Australian cities: Melbourne's low-lying swampy areas, Brisbane's flooding river valley and Perth's deep groundwater network. Each of these cities has its own set of challenges around water, based on their particular natural environmental conditions and the radical modifications over 200 years that have fundamentally changed the way that water moves. The ambitious schemes of the past - dams, drains, canals, sewers, reservoirs, lakes, aqueducts - made room for the 'progress' of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Now in the twenty-first century we need new ambitions where urban environments can adapt to the unpredictability of water through its extremes of dry and wet conditions. The design responses in this book contribute to such an aim by understanding the past, present and possible future conditions of local sites, and using this knowledge to create multi-purposed, alternative design scenarios towards a water-sensitive city. There is a confluence between available contemporary development land and problematic water sites. Many of the places in which contemporary development is occurring were not part of the originally planned city, and were leftover places that were never really suitable for development because of their water issues; these include high groundwater areas in Perth, low-lying flood-prone post-industrial lands in Melbourne, and urbanised flooding zones of Brisbane. These areas, now in central focus to accommodate large-scale city development for growing urban populations, demand new ways of thinking and building.

Author: Derek Eamus
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN: 0643068341
Category : Ecohydrology
Languages : en
Pages : 361

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A grasp of key elements of several disparate disciplines is required in order to fully understand the sustainable management of water. The authors, who have undertaken extensive field work and published widely take an international perspective on water in the environment in order to tackle issues of dryland salinity and water allocation.

Author: Anthony Ladson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780195553581
Category : Hydrology
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Provides an introduction to hydrology for Australian students. Promotes an understanding of the key physical processes in hydrology and provides practical examples so students can see how hydrology works in practice. A Ladson, Monash University.

Author: Nicholas Howden
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0203071344
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 420

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Lessons can be learnt from the past; from time to time it is useful for practitioners to look back over the historical developments of their science. Hydrogeology has developed from humble beginnings into the broad church of investigatory procedures which collectively form the modern-day hydrogeologist‘s tool box. Hydrogeology remains a branch of t

Author: Geoff Beeson
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN: 1486311318
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 292

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Freshwater scarcity is a critical challenge, with social, economic, political and environmental consequences. Water crises in Australia have already led to severe restrictions being applied in cities, drought ravaging farmlands, and the near-terminal decline of some rivers and wetlands. A Water Story provides an account of Australian water management practices, set against important historical precedents and the contemporary experience of other countries. It describes the nature and distribution of the country's natural water resources, management of these resources by Indigenous Australians, the development of urban water supply, and support for pastoral activities and agricultural irrigation, with the aid of case studies and anecdotes. This is followed by discussion of the environmental consequences and current challenges of water management, including food supply, energy and climate change, along with options for ensuring sustainable, adequate high-quality water supplies for a growing population. A Water Story is an important resource for water professionals and those with an interest in water and the environment and related issues, as well as students and the wider community.

Author: Nabil Zaki Gerges
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781921218101
Category : Aquifers
Languages : en
Pages : 135

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