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The salinity crisis : landscapes, communities and politics / Quentin Beresford ... [and others].
LIBRA S595 .S25 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Contemporary issues (University of Western Australia Press)
- Contemporary issues
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Salinization--Australia--Western Australia.
- Salinization.
- Environmental conditions.
- Australia.
- Western Australia.
- Soil salinization--Australia--Western Australia.
- Soil salinization.
- Landscape changes--Australia--Western Australia.
- Landscape changes.
- Western Australia--Environmental conditions.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 324 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Crawley, W.A. : University of Western Australia Press, 2001.
- Contents:
- Part I Salinity
- a Multidimensional Crisis 1
- 1 The Salinity Crisis
- An Overview 2
- Part II The Spread of Salinity and Responses to it, 1900-1990s 39
- 2 The Opening Up of the Wheatbelt, 1900-1970s 40
- 3 Dealing with the Environmental Challenge: Politics and the Environment, 1970-90 82
- 4 The Politics of Salinity and the Environment in the 1990s 128
- Part III Contemporary Issues Posed By Salinity 157
- 5 Katanning: The Salty Heart of the Great Southern 158
- 6 Environmental Impacts of Salinity 194
- 7 Solutions to the Salinity Crisis 221
- 8 Towards a Sustainable Future 256
- Appendix Common and Scientific Names for Plants, Animals and Birds Mentioned in the Text 271.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-321) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1876268603
- OCLC:
- 48782719
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