From Disaster Response to Risk Management Australia's National Drought Policy /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Botterill, Linda Courtenay (Editor), Wilhite, Donald A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2005.
• Series: Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research ; 22
• Subjects: Environment.; Climate change.; Environmental management.; Water pollution.; Environmental economics.; Human geography.; Environmental Management.; Climate Change Management and Policy.; Environmental Economics.; Climate Change.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Human Geography.

In 1992 Australia’s Commonwealth and State governments announced the introduction of a National Drought Policy adopting an innovative risk management approach, which received broad support from Australia’s major political parties and the policy community. This trail-blazing attempt and the experienc...

Table of Contents:

• Living in the Australian Environment
• Climate and Drought in the Subtropics: The Australian Example
• Indigenous Water Philosophy in an Uncertain Land
• Late Twentieth Century Approaches to Living with Uncertainty: The National Drought Policy
• Managing Risk?: Social Policy Responses in Time of Drought
• Drought, News Media and Policy Debate
• At the Intersection of Science and Politics: Defining Exceptional Drought
• Drought Risk as a Negotiated Construct
• Prospects for Insuring Against Drought in Australia
• Policy for Agricultural Drought in Australia: An Economics Perspective
• Drought Policy and Preparedness: The Australian Experience in an International Context
• Lessons for Australia and Beyond.