A water story : learning from the past, planning for the future /

"A comprehensive and engaging account of water use in Australia, from Ancient Australia to today. Freshwater scarcity is a critical challenge, with social, economic, political and environmental consequences. Water crises in Australia have already led to severe restrictions being applied in citi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Beeson, Geoff (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Clayton, Vic. : CSIRO Publishing, 2020
Temas:
Water resources development > Australia > History.
Water-supply > Australia > Management > History.
Water resources development > Australia.
Water-supply > Australia > Management.
Ressources en eau > Exploitation > Australie > Histoire.
Eau > Approvisionnement > Australie > Gestion > Histoire.
Ressources en eau > Exploitation > Australie.
Eau > Approvisionnement > Australie > Gestion.
SCIENCE > General.
Water resources development.
Water-supply > Management.
Australia.
Australian
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Challenges and opportunities
  • 1: Water and the earliest civilisations
  • 2: Water use across the Roman Empire
  • 3: Some basics about Earth's water
  • 4: Water supplies for the First Fleet colonists
  • 5: The search for water inland
  • 6: Aboriginal Australia
  • 7: The Great Artesian Basin
  • 8: Groundwater: more than the GAB
  • 9: Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre and its basin
  • 10: The golden pipeline
  • 11: Adding water to the land: irrigation
  • 12: Dams and reservoirs: storing water
  • Colour plates
  • 13: The Murray-Darling Basin
  • 14: Saving the Murray-Darling Basin?
  • 15: Water for cities, towns and farms
  • 16: Living with scarcity
  • 17: Facing the future

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