Unlike this time, the dry summer of 1976 followed a particularly dry year.
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Artículos sobre Water management
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Experts in city government are missing the perspective of residents.
The State Water Project cut its initial allocations for water agencies to 0% for 2022. A California water expert explains why.
Ancient cultures that flourished in arid climates developed low-tech solutions to manage water scarcity.
A new book says Australia’s 20-year water trading experiment is sucking hundreds of millions of dollars each year out of the Murray-Darling Basin and directing water away from productive land.
Pipelines, dams, gadgets: does water management really need to be all about control and power? Adopting less masculine ideas and working with nature may be more prudent.
Collaborative research sought to document Six Nations youth perspectives shared through art and story to inform principles for water management in the lower Grand River.
New research finds water markets in the southern Murray-Darling produce benefits of around $117 million per year.
The decision recognises that water rights are critical for Indigenous people to restore customs, protect their culture, become economically independent and heal Country.
India’s civil society, which for the past 30 years has been critical of India’s water policies, now has the opportunity to drive the policy recommendations for water management.
When women have to spend hours getting water for their families, it comes at the expense of their incomes and their other contributions to their communities.
Knee-jerk responses to water insecurity won’t fix the basin. The harder and longer path is delivering real water reform, including transparent water planning enshrined in law.
Instead of allocating the Nile waters based on a fixed, perpetual water supply Ethiopia, Sudan, and Egypt must consider changes in weather patterns, among other factors.
Green iguanas are an invasive species that seem to be spreading and proliferating in Florida. Used to warmer temps, they switch into torpor mode when the mercury drops.
Research into public health benefits of integrating nature into cities has focused on green spaces. New studies suggest water features are just as useful and can piggyback on other infrastructure goals.
The Australian government is effectively spending A$95 million so it can sell water to farmers for A$10 million.
Yes, Australia naturally cycles through dry and wet periods. But that doesn’t mean we can simply build more dams and trust they’ll be filled.
The Australian landscape is very old and the soils in inland areas can be very fragile.
A proposed plan to clean up New Zealand’s waterways draws clear limits on the expansion of dairy farming and irrigation, as well as on the use of nitrogen fertiliser in some key areas.
High water prices in the Murray-Darling Basin are blamed on foreign investors and corporate speculators. The simple truth is they are caused mostly by lack of rain.
Principales colaboradores
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Visiting Adjunct Professor, School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
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Honorary Fellow, Infrastructure Engineering, The University of Melbourne
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Distinguished visiting professor, University of Glasgow
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Reader / Associate Professor in Environmental Geoscience, Sheffield Hallam University
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Centre for Regional and Rural Futures, Deakin University
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Visiting professor, University of Saskatchewan
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Professor, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW Sydney
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Susan Lawler es Amigo de The Conversation.
Associate Professor, Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution, La Trobe University
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Senior Research Fellow, Monash University
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Australian Laureate Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University
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Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
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Professor of Human Geography and Planning, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Economics and Head of School, University of South Australia
