Environmental History and Policy Still Settling Australia

by Dovers, Stephen

• ISBN13: 9780195507492
• ISBN10: 0195507495
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-12-28
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This broad-ranging book delves into past efforts and current policies relating to the better management of the Australian environment. Covering environmental change, community efforts, public policy, law, and cultural adaptation, the book presents cautionary and encouraging views on the capacity of Australians to adapt to and live with the Australian environment.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Contributors	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
List of tables	xii
List of figures	xiii
PART I OVERVIEWS
Still settling Australia: environment, history, and policy	2	(22)
Stephen Dovers
The end, or new beginning?	24	(23)
Eric Rolls
Snakes and cannons: water management and the geographical imagination in Australia	47	(27)
J.M. Powell
PART II SCIENCE AND HISTORY
Using environmental history and ecological evidence to appraise management regimes in forests	74	(23)
David B. Lindenmayer
History for soil conservation and catchment management	97	(21)
Robert Wasson
Aleksey Sidorchuk
Oral history, ecological knowledge, and river management	118	(28)
Jane Roberts
Geoff Sainty
PART III COMMUNITIES, HISTORY, AND ENVIRONMENT
An environmental education for a local community: knowing the Border Ranges	146	(19)
W. Ross Johnston
Community histories and participation in environmental management	165	(27)
Melissa Nursey-Bray
Environmental history in museums: objects, subjects, and narratives	192	(20)
Ruth Lane
PART IV HISTORY, LAW, AND POLICY
Pastoral lease tenures as policy instruments, 1847--1997	212	(31)
John Holmes
Past and present: managing the Western Division of New South Wales	243	(15)
Michael Quinn
An Australian public trust	258	(15)
Tim Bonyhady
Soil conservation: history, law, and learning	273	(26)
John Bradsen
Index	299