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Item Details
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BEYOND DROUGHT
PEOPLE, POLICY AND PERSPECTIVES |
| By: |
Linda Courtenay Botterill, Melanie Fisher |
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Paperback |
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£25.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0643069542 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780643069541 |
| Publisher: |
CSIRO PUBLISHING |
| Pub. date: |
28 October, 2003 |
| Pages: |
248 |
| Description: |
Challenges the traditional view of drought as a natural disaster, advocating a policy approach based on risk management. |
| Synopsis: |
The unpredictability of Australia's climate poses real challenges for practices that were developed based on the relative predictability of a European climate. More recently, policy has been moving towards accepting drought as a reality, rejecting the notion that it is a natural disaster in favour of an approach based on risk management. However, the level of public debate during a drought event suggests that this policy approach has not been widely understood or accepted. Media reporting of drought rapidly adopts disaster-related language and the organisation of relief appeals reinforces the impression that drought is an aberration rather than a normal part of Australia's climate patterns. Beyond Drought provides a multi-disciplinary discussion aimed at increasing the level of understanding of drought's many facets and its impact on the environment, communities and the economy. It introduces a range of perspectives in order to emphasise the complexity of drought policy.The book cuts through the often emotional debate that occurs during a drought event, aiming to stimulate reasoned discussion about the best way that Australian farmers and the broader community can live with the vagaries of an uncertain climate. |
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Australia |
| Imprint: |
CSIRO Publishing |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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