Flood country : an environmental history of the Murray-Darling basin /

Explores the different ways in which floods have been understood and managed in the inland since Australia's colonisation.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: O'Gorman, Emily
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Publishing, 2012.
Temas:
Floodplain management > Australia > Darling River (Qld. and N.S.W.)
Floodplain management > Australia > Murray River (N.S.W.-S.A.)
Wetland management > Australia > Darling River Watershed (Qld. and N.S.W.)
Wetland management > Australia > Murray River Watershed (N.S.W.-S.A.)
Zones humides > Gestion > Australie > Darling, Bassin de la (Queensl. et N.-G. du S.)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Green Business.
NATURE > Natural Resources.
Floodplain management.
Wetland management.
Darling River Watershed (Qld. and N.S.W.) > Environmental aspects.
Darling River Watershed (Qld. and N.S.W.) > History.
Murray River Watershed (N.S.W.-S.A.) > Environmental aspects.
Murray River Watershed (N.S.W.-S.A.) > History.
Darling, Bassin de la (Queensl. et N.-G. du S.) > Aspect de l'environnement.
Darling, Bassin de la (Queensl. et N.-G. du S.) > Histoire.
Murray, Bassin du (N.-G. du S.-Austr.-Mér.) > Aspect de l'environnement.
Murray, Bassin du (N.-G. du S.-Austr.-Mér.) > Histoire.
Australia > Darling River.
Australia > Darling River Watershed.
Australia > Murray River.
Australia > Murray River Watershed.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; CHAPTER 1 Gundagai 1852: the town that moved; CHAPTER 2 Experimentation and regulation: pastoralism and mining,1850 to 1890; CHAPTER 3 Bourke 1890: the birth of engineering; Colour plates; CHAPTER 4 Federation, engineering, and a 'watershed' perspective,1890 to 1956; CHAPTER 5 Mildura and the Murray River 1956: the failure of engineering; CHAPTER 6 Challenging national development: dams and irrigation,1956 to 1990; CHAPTER 7 Cunnamulla 1990: the town that did not flood; Acknowledgements; Conversions; Abbreviations and terminology; Preface; Introduction; Conclusion.

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