Preserving Rural Australia ：Issues and Solutions

Publication subTitle ：Issues and Solutions

Author： Robertson A; Watts R

Publisher： CSIRO PUBLISHING‎

Publication year： 1999

E-ISBN: 9780643105263

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780643063884

Subject： S Agricultural Sciences;X Environmental Science, Safety Science

Keyword：农业科学,环境科学、安全科学

Language： ENG

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Description

Deals with broad issues relating to resource decline and how different groups deal with these issues from social, economic and ecological points of view.

Chapter

1 Scientific and Social Impediments to Restoration Ecology as Applied to Rural Landscapes

2 The Farming Environment

3 Water, Politics and Power: Can We Integrate Natural Resource Management in Rural Australia?

4 Challenges for Conservatin Biodiversity in Australian Freshwater Ecosystems

5 Water and Landscapes: Perceptions and Expectations

6 Sustaining Natural Resources and Biological Diversity in Terrestrial Ecosystems of Rural Australia

7 Nutrients and Algal Blooms: Lessons from Inland Catchments

8 Beefing up our Trade: Health and Environmental Concerns and Rural Exports

9 Impediments to the Achievement of the Commercial and Conservation Benefits of Farm Forestry

10 Toward Regional Strategies for Rural Sustainability: A Farmer's View

11 Saline Politics: An Inland City Case Study

12 Growing Food and Growing Houses: Preserving Agricultural Land on the Fringes of Cities

13 Social and Economic Costs and Benefits of Taking Water from our Rivers: the Macquarie Marshes as a Test Case

14 Co-operative Management of Road Reserves for Biodiversity Maintenance

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