| Description |
xii, 564 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 pages |
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regular print |
| Contents |
PART I. INTRODUCTION. 1. Processes and institutions for resource and environmental management: why and how to analyse / Stephen Dovers PART II. SECTORAL STUDIES. Rangeland institutions over time and space/ Mark Stafford Smith and Nick Abel/ -- 3. The ocean and marine realm/ Marcus Haward - 4/ Water resources management/ Dingle Smith -- 5. National Forest Policy and Regional Forest Agreements /Catherine Mobbs PART III. PROCESSES AND INSTITUTIONS 6.The Resource Assessment Commission: lessons in the venality of modern politics/ Clive Hamilton -- 7. Discrete, consultative policy processes: lessons from the National Conservation Strategy for Australia and National Strategy for Ecologically Sustainable Development / Stephen Dovers - 8. Sustainable regional development: lessons from Australian efforts / John Dore, Jim Woodhill, Kate Andrews and Colma Keating - 9.Informing ESD: state of environment reporting / Ronnie Harding and Denise Traynor |
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PART IV. MANAGING, REGULATING AND MOTIVATING 10. Straddling boundaries: inter-governmental arrangements for managing natural resources / Peter Crabb -11.Legal perspectives /Gerry Bates -- 12. EPAs - orphan agencies of environmental protection / Peter Christoff -- 13. Parliamentary and intergovernmental processes/ Brett Odgers --14. Local government Su Wild River / -- 15. Marketisation in Australian freshwater and fisheries management regimes/ Jennifer McKay -PART V. PEOPLE, POLICY AND PROGRAMS 16.Catchment management arrangements / Sarah Ewing --17. Institutions and processes for resource and environmental management in the Indigenous domain/ Kim Orchard, Helen Ross and Elspeth Young -- 18. The Landcare experience/ Allan Curtis - PART VI. PERSPECTIVES AND SYNTHESIS 19. The disappointment of the law / Tim Bonyhady - 20.Science, research and policy/ Ian Lowe - 20. Politics and policy / Robyn Eckersley - 21. Economic policy and sustainable use of natural resources / Warren Musgrave and Onko Kingma 22.Reflecting on three decades: a synthesis / Stephen Dovers |
| Summary |
Managing Australia's Environment is a report card of unprecedented scope, examining Australia's resource and environmental management institutions and policies against the requirements of ecologically sustainable development |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Donated by Professor Jennifer McKay, Director, Centre for Comparative Water Policies and Laws |
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Signed by author 1 copy. ANU |
| Subject |
Environmental protection -- Australia.
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Sustainable development -- Australia.
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Environmental management -- Australia.
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Environmental policy -- Australia.
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Natural resources -- Australia -- Management.
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Environmental impact analysis -- Australia.
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| Author |
Dovers, Stephen.
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Wild River, Su.
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| LC no. |
2003427296 |
| ISBN |
1862874476 |
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