A Directory Of Important Wetlands In Australia Second Edition
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Author | : W.J. Streever |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 9401146837 |
Bill Streever, author of Bringing Back the Wetlands and numerous technical articles about wetland restoration and creation, worked for two years to bring together this collection of papers. Authors ranging from private landowners to government managers to scientists present regional overviews, case studies, and discussions of various issues. Regional overviews cover areas as small as the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to areas as large as Australia and Africa. Case studies range from relatively small projects, such as rehabilitation of damage caused by wheel ruts in the high arctic, to much larger projects, such as attempts to rehabilitate thousands of hectares of Northern Territory wetlands in Australia. Seedbank ecology, economics, remote sensing, community involvement, the role of the wetland consulting industry, and other issues are discussed. In an effort to synthesize information from around the world, Joy Zedler presents a model that allows comparison of projects and may lead to better predictability of project outcomes. In An International Perspective on Wetland Rehabilitation, authors describe planting, engineered structures, prescribed flooding, excavation, and other rehabilitation methods, from Israel to New Zealand to the Netherlands and elsewhere. For the first time, one volume offers an impression of the magnitude and diversity of the field of wetland rehabilitation around the globe.
Author | : Emily O'Gorman |
Publisher | : University of Washington Press |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 2021-07-13 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0295749040 |
In the name of agriculture, urban growth, and disease control, humans have drained, filled, or otherwise destroyed nearly 87 percent of the world’s wetlands over the past three centuries. Unintended consequences include biodiversity loss, poor water quality, and the erosion of cultural sites, and only in the past few decades have wetlands been widely recognized as worth preserving. Emily O’Gorman asks, What has counted as a wetland, for whom, and with what consequences? Using the Murray-Darling Basin—a massive river system in eastern Australia that includes over 30,000 wetland areas—as a case study and drawing on archival research and original interviews, O’Gorman examines how people and animals have shaped wetlands from the late nineteenth century to today. She illuminates deeper dynamics by relating how Aboriginal peoples acted then and now as custodians of the landscape, despite the policies of the Australian government; how the movements of water birds affected farmers; and how mosquitoes have defied efforts to fully understand, let alone control, them. Situating the region’s history within global environmental humanities conversations, O’Gorman argues that we need to understand wetlands as socioecological landscapes in order to create new kinds of relationships with and futures for these places.
Author | : Eric Wolanski |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 377 |
Release | : 2000-12-20 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1420041673 |
Demonstrating the relevance and need of science in planning the future of the Great Barrier Reef and coral reefs worldwide, Oceanographic Processes of Coral Reefs: Physical and Biological Links in the Great Barrier Reef emphasizes multi-disciplinary processes - physical and biological links - that have emerged as the dominant forces shaping and con
Author | : David Bruce Haynes |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Wetland conservation |
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Author | : Australian Bureau of Statistics |
Publisher | : Aust. Bureau of Statistics |
Total Pages | : 988 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Australia |
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Author | : Vijay P. Singh |
Publisher | : McGraw Hill Professional |
Total Pages | : 1438 |
Release | : 2016-03-07 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 0071835105 |
Fully Updated Hydrology Principles, Methods, and Applications Thoroughly revised for the first time in 50 years, this industry-standard resource features chapter contributions from a “who’s who” of international hydrology experts. Compiled by a colleague of the late Dr. Chow, Chow’s Handbook of Applied Hydrology, Second Edition, covers scientific and engineering fundamentals and presents all-new methods, processes, and technologies. Complete details are provided for the full range of ecosystems and models. Advanced chapters look to the future of hydrology, including climate change impacts, extraterrestrial water, social hydrology, and water security. Chow’s Handbook of Applied Hydrology, Second Edition, covers: · The Fundamentals of Hydrology · Data Collection and Processing · Hydrology Methods · Hydrologic Processes and Modeling · Sediment and Pollutant Transport · Hydrometeorologic and Hydrologic Extremes · Systems Hydrology · Hydrology of Large River and Lake Basins · Applications and Design · The Future of Hydrology
Author | : A Robertson |
Publisher | : CSIRO PUBLISHING |
Total Pages | : 165 |
Release | : 1999-01-01 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 0643105956 |
Scientific knowledge alone will not help countries achieve sustainable management of land, water and biota. Everyone now realises that a partnership is needed between land and water users, scientists, managers and the community if countries are to achieve the goal of preserving rural resources. This book deals with broad issues relating to resource decline and how different groups such as farmers, rural town dwellers, resource managers and government deal with these issues from social, economic and ecological points of view.
Author | : Anne Brearley |
Publisher | : UWA Publishing |
Total Pages | : 586 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Estuarine biology |
ISBN | : 1920694382 |
Synthesis of the results of may years of research on Estuarine environments form the Murchison to Esperance, Western Australia.
Author | : John Charles Ryan |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 269 |
Release | : 2019-10-31 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1498599958 |
Among the most productive ecosystems on earth, wetlands are also some of the most vulnerable. Australian Wetland Cultures argues for the cultural value of wetlands. Through a focus on swamps and their conservation, the volume makes a unique contribution to the growing interdisciplinary field of the environmental humanities. The authors investigate the crucial role of swamps in Australian society through the idea of wetland cultures. The broad historical and cultural range of the book spans pre-settlement indigenous Australian cultures, nineteenth-century European colonization, and contemporary Australian engagements with wetland habitats. The contributors situate the Australian emphasis in international cultural and ecological contexts. Case studies from Perth, Western Australia, provide practical examples of the conservation of wetlands as sites of interlinked natural and cultural heritage. The volume will appeal to readers with interests in anthropology, Australian studies, cultural studies, ecological science, environmental studies, and heritage protection.
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Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 580 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Range management |
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