THE CONTINUING EVOLUTION OF AN AUSTRALIAN WATER RESOURCES POLICY1
作者:
Peter Crabb,
期刊:
JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association
(WILEY Available online 1983)
卷期:
Volume 19,
issue 1
页码: 23-28
ISSN:1093-474X
年代: 1983
DOI:10.1111/j.1752-1688.1983.tb04552.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
关键词: KEY TERMS:;water resources;water resources policy, federal and state;management;Australia;River Murray.
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
ABSTRACT: Australia's extremely limited water resources highlight the need for policy guidelines for management. During the 1970s, there was the gradual evolution of a national water resources policy, facilitated by a nationally agreed statement of objectives and culminating in a federal policy statement presented in 1979. However, the Australian constitution gives major responsibility for water resources to the states. Further, the federal policy statement seems to assume that each state has a water resources policy and that it accords with the nationally agreed objectives. This is not the case, and the practical management of Australia's water resources falls short of the principles set out in the policy document. The River Murray, the nation's major water resource, provides ample evidence of this fact. With very limited water resources, Australia urgently needs to reduce the disparity between principle and practice in their management.
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