Murray-Darling Basin, Australia, Volume 1 Its Future Management

About this book

Murray-Darling Basin, Australia, Volume 1 clearly links the catchment with the estuary, including such topics as the recent major water reforms in the Murray-Darling Basin (MDB); the MDB system (hydrology, water-related ecological assets, land use and social systems); management within the MDB (catchments and natural resources, water resources, irrigation water, environmental water, and monitoring and evaluation); future challenges; and finally, a synthesis chapter that summarized the main points made in the book.

This book sets the context for these recent changes, discusses the development of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan (Basin Plan), details the biophysical and social components of the MDB, then focuses on what is currently happening with the management of water (environmental and irrigation), land (catchments, agriculture), and finally addresses several of the looming challenges for the management of this system, including what policy and management changes need to be made for the entire system to be managed as an integrated whole. This is a much-needed text for water resources managers, water, catchment, estuarine and coastal scientists and aquatic ecologists.

Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction to the Murray–Darling Basin system, Australia / Barry T. Hart, Nick R. Bond, Neil Byron, Carmel A. Pollino, and Michael J. Stewardson

Section 1: Rural communities and water-related assets
Chapter 2. Rural and regional communities of the Murray–Darling Basin / Carmel A. Pollino, Barry T. Hart, Martin Nolan, Neil Byron, and Rod Marsh
Chapter 3. Hydrology of the Murray–Darling Basin / Michael J. Stewardson, Glen Walker, and Matthew Coleman
Chapter 4. Water-based assets of the Murray–Darling Basin and their ecological condition / Nick R. Bond, Shane Brooks, Samantha Capon, Jennifer Hale, Mark Kennard, and Heather McGinness
Chapter 5. Ecological condition of the Lower Lakes and Coorong / Justin Brookes, Kane Aldridge, Matthew Hipsey, Brendan Busch, Qifeng Ye, Matt Gibbs, and David Paton
Chapter 6. Water quality: Land use impacts on salinity, sediments, and nutrients / Glen Walker and Ian P. Prosser
Chapter 7. Water quality in the Murray–Darling Basin: The potential impacts of climate change / Darren S. Baldwin

Section 2: Policy and management of the MDB
Chapter 8. Current water resources policy and planning in the Murray–Darling Basin / Megan Dyson
Chapter 9. Current integrated catchment management policy and management settings in the Murray–Darling Basin / John Riddiford
Chapter 10. Active management of environmental water in the Murray–Darling Basin / Hilary Johnson, Michael Peat, and Jody Swirepik
Chapter 11. Monitoring, evaluation, and adaptive management in the Murray–Darling Basin / Ben Gawne, Katie A. Ryan, Matthew Coleman, Alex Meehan, Peter E. Davies, Adam Sluggett, Andy Lowes, Neville Crossman, and Colin Mues

Section 3: Climate change impacts in the MDB
Chapter 12. Climate change in the Murray–Darling Basin / Penny Whetton and Francis Chiew
Chapter 13. Adaptation and policy responses to climate change impacts in the Murray–Darling Basin / Anthony (Tony) Slatyer

Section 4: Policy and management responses to other future challenges
Chapter 14. Future environmental water management / Andrew K. Sharpe, Darren S. Baldwin, Fiona Dyer, and Iwona Conlan
Chapter 15. Empowering First Nations in the governance and management of the Murray–Darling Basin / Sue Jackson, Rene Woods, and Fred Hooper
Chapter 16. Challenges to improved integrated management of the Murray–Darling Basin / Rebecca Nelson
Chapter 17. The role of future science and technologies in water management / Chantal Donnelly, Leo Lymburner, Ulrike Bende-Michl, Andrew Frost, and Eva Rodriguez
Chapter 18. The way forward: Continuing policy and management reforms in the Murray–Darling basin / Barry T. Hart, Jason Alexandra, Nick R. Bond, Neil Byron, Rod Marsh, Carmel A. Pollino, and Michael J. Stewardson

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