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Encountering the South Australian landscape: early European misconceptions and our present water problems
Publisher
Water conservation
Aboriginal people (Australia)
Water security
Aboriginal water use
Australia
South Australia
Description
Jennifer McKay writes that the early Europeans perceived water and land in Australia in ways that led them to over-allocate and overuse water. As a result of this misperception Australians as a whole need to devise new policies to ensure that water allocation is within principles requiring environmental, social and economic sustainability. This will involve reduction of water allocations to growers and significant changes to pricing structures for urban users and industry. Environmental factors need to be measured and hard choices need to be made.
Publication Details
Copyright:
Jennifer McKay and the Hawke Institute, University of South Australia 2002
Access Rights Type:
open
Post date:
1 Jan 2002
