UID:
almahu_9948234314202882
Format:
1 online resource (xix, 404 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9780511898020 (ebook)
Content:
This book was first published in 1987 when land degradation was one of the major conservation issues of that decade. Australian scientists were at the fore in awakening world interest in this complex phenomenon and in contributing to debate. This book presents a broad multi-disciplinary perspective on the challenge of problems of degrading land, including the onsite and offsite effects of soil erosion, nutrient loss, and salinisation and on the conservation policies needed to meet the challenge. The volume brings together leading contributors to the field of soil conservation from the natural sciences, from economics and the social sciences, and representatives of farming and conservation organisations. The contributions by natural scientists provide the biological and physical setting to the problem. Chapters on economic, legal and social aspects provide empirical information, together with a conceptual and analytical framework to inform policy makers and to guide them in their choice of policies.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Foreword / Douglas Whalan -- Land degradation and government / John Kerin -- Australia's land resources at risk / Colin Chartres -- Biological and physical phenomena in land degradation / Gordon Burch, Dean Graetz and Ian Noble -- Detection and measurement of land degradation processes / Robert Wasson. Commentary / Adrian Webb -- Onsite costs of land degradation in agriculture and forestry / Michael Blyth and Andrew McCallum -- Offsite costs of land degradation / Garrett Upstill and Timothy Yapp -- Degradation pressures from non-agricultural land uses / Lance Woods. Commentary / Peter Greig -- Land degradation : legal issues and institutional constraints / John Bradsen and Robert Fowler. Commentary / Michael Barker.
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Land tenure : plaything of governments or an effective instrument? / Michael Young -- Social bases of farmers' responses to land degradation / Roy Rickson [and others] -- Land degradation : behavioural causes / John Quiggin -- An economic perspective on government intervention in land degradation / Michael Kirby and Michael Blyth -- Abatement of land degradation : regulation vs economic incentives / Anthony Chisholm. Commentary / Geoff Edwards -- Pressure groups / John Ballard -- Non-government organisations : a synopsis by the National Farmers' Federation / Andrew Robb -- Non-government organisations : a synopsis by the Australian Conservation Foundation / Geoff Mosley -- Policy agents : their interaction and effectiveness / Robert Junor and Warwick Watkins. Commentary / John Paterson.
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Contributions from the physical and biological sciences / Graeme Robertson -- Contributions from the social sciences / Robert Dumsday -- Thepracticalities of policy solutions / Bruce Davis -- Rational approaches to environmental issues / Anthony Chisholm. Comments / Bruce Davidson. Comments / John Thomas.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9780521340793
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511898020
