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Murray, T G (Thomas Guthrie), NX40547
No full textThis record was harvested from a previous catalogue system and will be withdrawn in 2025. Information in this record may be superseded or incomplete. Visit this record in UMA's new catalogue at: https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/406986Surname: MURRAY. Given Name(s) or Initials: T G (THOMAS GUTHRIE). Military Service Number or Last Known Location: NX40547. Missing, Wounded and Prisoner of War Enquiry Card Index Number: 28813.242883
Item: [2016.0049.39262] "Murray, T G (Thomas Guthrie), NX40547
Environmental economics and the Murray-Darling river system
No full textMuch concern about the negative environmental consequences of agricultural development in Australia, including salinisation, waterlogging and algal blooms, has focused on the problems of the Murray–Darling Basin. The aim of this article is to provide an overview of the environmental problems of the Murray–Darling Basin from an economic perspective, and a selective survey of the relevant economic literature, including theoretical analysis, modelling and contributions to the development of water policy. In attempting to understand the complex problems of the Murray–Darling Basin, an eclectic approach drawing on externality, sustainability and property rights perspectives seems most appropriate.Environmental Economics and Policy, Resource /Energy Economics and Policy,
Buying Back the Living Murray: At What Price?
No full textIn June 2004 the Council of Australian Governments approved the Intergovernmental Agreement on Addressing Water Overallocation and Achieving Environmental Objectives in the Murray-Darling Basin (‘IGMDB’). The IGMDB set out arrangements for a ‘Living Murray’ that includes a budget of $500 million to return 500 billion litres of water per year to the Murray River by 2009. Unfortunately, two years later and only 11 billion litres have been returned as environmental flows as a result of the initiative. In response, the Australian Government in April 2006 proposed a new scheme to purchase water entitlements from farmers who undertake water-savings measures. We examine this proposal in relation to the general economic principles for the allocation of scarce water. We contend that the latest initiative, although helpful, suffers from two fundamental problems in terms of water pricing. First, the current market price for water entitlements does not include the value of water ‘in situ’, or the benefits it generates separate from its value in consumption. Second, the constraint imposed that water users undertake infrastructure investments when selling their entitlements unnecessarily raises the cost of returning water to the Murray River. We conclude that the latest scheme to achieve the laudable goals of the ‘Living Murray’ is not cost effective and that the ratio of litres of water returned to dollars spent could be much higher if the pricing policies were changed.Living Murray, scarce water, water entitlements, water pricing, pricing policies
Denton Geoffrey, Forsyth Murray, Maclennan Malcolm — Economie Planning and Policies in Britain, France and Germany
No full textT. G. Denton Geoffrey, Forsyth Murray, Maclennan Malcolm — Economie Planning and Policies in Britain, France and Germany. In: Population, 24ᵉ année, n°5, 1969. p. 1012
Denton Geoffrey, Forsyth Murray, Maclennan Malcolm — Economie Planning and Policies in Britain, France and Germany
No full textT. G. Denton Geoffrey, Forsyth Murray, Maclennan Malcolm — Economie Planning and Policies in Britain, France and Germany. In: Population, 24ᵉ année, n°5, 1969. p. 1012
The Life And Opinions Of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
No full textVerfasser ermittelt nach ESTCDas Frontispiz ist ein Kupferstich, unterzeichnet: "Hogarth invt." und "Heath sculp."Die Rückseite des Titelblatts ist unbedrucktVorlageform der Veröffentlichungsangabe: London: Printed for W. Strahan, J. Dodsley, G. Robinson, T. Cadell, T. Lowndes, and J. Murray. MDCCLXXXII
The Life And Opinions Of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman / [Laurence Sterne]
No full textVerfasser ermittelt nach ESTCVorlageform der Veröffentlichungsangabe: London: Printed for W. Strahan, J. Dodsley, G. Robinson, T. Cadell, T. Lowndes, and J. Murray. MDCCLXXXII
Institutional and policy analysis of river basin management: the Murray Darling River Basin, Austrialia
No full textThe authors describe and analyze management in the Murray-Darling basin of Australia, long regarded as a model for integrated river basin management. This interior basin of over 1 million km2 in semi-arid southeastern Australia is defined by the catchment areas of the Murray and Darling Rivers and their tributaries. Water management issues include allocation, quality, and dryland salinity. Because of Australia's federal governmental structure, institutional development has been more a matter of integrating state and local endeavors than decentralization of national authority. The Australian national government has little constitutional power over water resources. The five states in the basin make policy regarding water rights, discharge permits, fees, and the construction and operation of physical structures. River management began on the Murray River in the 1920s under the terms of a tri-state agreement. As the scope of management widened to the entire basin, more states were added and the national government supported the creation of new arrangements for integrated water resource management, with some provision for stakeholder participation. The dynamics of state-national authority over water policy, and the emergence in recent years of numerous local-level catchment organization, contribute to some uncertainty about the future course of basin management in this internationally renowned site.Water and Industry,Water Conservation,Water Resources Law,Environmental Economics&Policies,Water Supply and Systems,Town Water Supply and Sanitation,Drought Management,Water and Industry,Water Conservation,Water Supply and Sanitation Governance and Institutions
The Life And Opinions Of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
No full textVerfasser ermittelt nach ESTCDie Rückseite des Titelblatts ist unbedrucktMit Frontispiz (Kupferstich), unterzeichnet: "M. A. Rocker del." und "J. Collyer sc." und einer grafischen Darstellung einer Linie auf Seite 108 (Holzschnitt)Vorlageform der Veröffentlichungsangabe: London: Printed for W. Strahan, J. Dodsley, G. Robinson, T. Cadell, T. Lowndes, and J. Murray. MDCCLXXXII
Impacts of Reduced Water Availability on Lower Murray Irrigation, Australia
No full textThis article evaluates irrigated agriculture sector response and resultant economic impacts of climate change for a part of the Murray Darling Basin in Australia. A water balance model is used to predict reduced basin inflows for mild, moderate and severe climate change scenarios involving 10, 20, 40 Celcius warming, and predict 13%, 38% and 63% reduced inflows. Impact on irrigated agricultural production and profitability are estimated with a mathematical programming model using a two-stage approach that simultaneously estimates short and long-run adjustments. The model accounts for a range of adaptive responses including: deficit irrigation, temporarily fallowing some areas, and permanently reducing irrigated area and changing the mix of crops. The results suggest that relatively low cost adaptation strategies are available for moderate reduction in water availability and thus costs of such reduction are likely to be relatively small. In more severe climate change scenarios greater costs are estimated, adaptations predicted include a reduction in total area irrigated, investments in efficient irrigation, and a shift away from perennial to annual crops as the latter can be managed more profitably when water allocations in some years are very low.water availability, irrigation, Murray Darling Basin, climate change
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