Water and rural communities : local politics, meaning and place / Lia Bryant with Jodie George.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bryant, Lia, author.

George, Jodie, author.

Series:

Earthscan studies in water resource management

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water-supply--Political aspects--Australia--Renmark (S.A.).

Water-supply.

Water-supply--Political aspects--California--Fresno.

Water rights--Australia--Renmark (S.A.).

Water rights.

Irrigation farming.

Water-supply--Political aspects.

Australia.

Water rights--California--Fresno.

Irrigation farming--Political aspects--Australia--Renmark (S.A.).

Irrigation farming--Political aspects--California--Fresno.

Renmark (S.A.)--Politics and government.

Renmark (S.A.).

Freson (Calif.)--Politics and government.

Freson (Calif.).

California.

California--Fresno.

Physical Description:

149 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2016.

Summary:

The overall theme of this book concerns the multiplicity and complexities of discursive constructions of water in Western economies in relation to irrigation communities. The authors argue that the politics of place is given meaning in relation to local knowledges and within multiple and multiscalar institutional frameworks involved with the social, physical, economic and political practices associated with water. They are particularly concerned with water at the local level, including how it is exchanged, managed and given meaning. Using case studies from Australia and the United States of America, it is shown how water use and community relations, particularly during times of drought, are central to developing understandings about how communities challenge, adapt and respond to policy developments. The book also brings to light how unequal distribution of resources and risk conspicuously come to the surface during times of drought, illustrating that water is a political subject occupying a unique position, moving between the natural and social worlds. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 The poetics and politics of water and communities 1

2 Contextualising water policy in irrigation communities 23

3 Memory, place-making and water 41

4 Material sites/sights and spatialities of exclusion 60

5 Riskscapes 87

6 Community futures 112

7 Realms of knowing 133.

Notes:

"Earthscan from Routledge".

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415723589

0415723582

OCLC:

947104818