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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,
Aerial view at 3,000 feet of the Murray River near Mildura, looking down on dying red gums as a result of decreased water flow in the river, 14 November 2005 [picture] /
No full textTitle devised by cataloguer based on information from acquisition documentation.; Part of the collection: Monitoring climate change in Australia, 1997-2005.; Inscriptions: "Simon O'Dwyer '05"--Signed lower right on sheet.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn4533131; Purchased from Kalli Rolfe Contemporary Art agent for Simon O'Dwyer, 2008
Murray-et-al-2021
No full textThis repository contains original code from author Jack C Henry for the figures of the Murray et al., 2021 manuscript published in Cell Reports
Eva Murray, author of Well Out to Sea , has been a resident of Matinicus Island
No full textEva Murray, author of Well Out to Sea , has been a resident of Matinicus Island since she moved there to teach at the island\u27s one-room schoolhouse in 1987. She discusses the differences between writing from an island and writing about an island as well as her efforts to dispel some stereotypes and myths about Matinicus through her writing
Margaret Murray (1863–1963): Pioneer Egyptologist, Feminist and First Female Archaeology Lecturer
No full textMargaret Murray, who was born 150 years ago, was one of the first archaeologists to be employed at UCL and one of the most distinguished, although her role in the history of archaeology is often underestimated. This article provides a brief outline of the career and contribution of a highly productive and innovative, if sometimes controversial, scholar, who also participated in the wider social movements of her time, particularly the campaign for women’s suffrage
Prescribing Heroin: The Logical Next Step for Canada?
No full textPanelists include:
Dr. Gabor Maté, author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
Dr. Bruce Alexander, author of Globalization of Addiction: A Study in Poverty of the Spirit
Dave Murray, SALOME/NAOMI Association of Patients
Scott Bernstein, Lawyer Pivot Legal SocietyThis event is supported by the Pivot Legal Society and SFU\u27s Vancity Office of Community Engagement
Physical Theatres: A Critical Reader
No full textSix commissioned original essays have been written by practitioner academics at the forefront of contemporary theatre practices and discourses (David Williams, Phelim McDermott, Dick McCaw, Lorna Marshall, Franc Chamberlain, and Jonathan Pitches). Each essayist was invited to respond imaginatively and reflectively to the thematic of their section without composing a potentially tokenistic over-view. The extracts provided (over 40 in total) have been chosen either to provide a close reading of a particular physical theatre practice, or to offer a historical contextualisation of, or philosophical or analytical perspective on the performative subject matter of the book. In addition, further substantiating the volume’s status as a ‘critical reader’, we have included extracts from texts that articulate the nature of embodiment and physicality within sport, music and cultural studies. The volume also contains a ‘photo essay’ of Etienne Decroux
Complex Adaptive System Modelling of River Murray Salinity Policy Options
No full textThis paper reports on complex adaptive system (CAS) simulation of the River Murray Basin in Australia to compare capacity of institutional options to maintain functioning of key river system within a "bandwidth" that limits irreversible system state changes and highly adverse consequences. The modelling framework characterise diverse irrigation agents who profit from water diversion and cause external salinity impacts, water and salt process that form the link between irrigator actions and agricultural profits and external costs, and a river manager who sets institutional rules. Emphasis is on the CAS nature of the system and on institutional rules to accommodate choosing actions differently based on con dition of the system has been referred to as state contingent management (Wills, 2003) or threshold based management (Roe and Van Eeten, 2001). Key findings are that policy focus on the source of salinity by reducing drainage are much more cost effective than strategies to mitigate salinity once it occurs and that state contingent dilution provision when it has high benefit and low opportunity cost is also a cost effective way to manage salinity.Resource /Energy Economics and Policy,
Oswyn Murray et Simon Price (Ed.), The Greek City from Homer to Alexander
No full textViviers Didier. Oswyn Murray et Simon Price (Ed.), The Greek City from Homer to Alexander. In: L'antiquité classique, Tome 66, 1997. pp. 575-578
Removing Barriers to Facilitate Efficient Water Markets in the Murray Darling Basin – A Case Study from Australia
No full textWater markets have been seen as an effective way of addressing water scarcity and allocation issues. In this paper we discuss the role and characteristics of water markets in facilitating efficient water allocation. Administrative, regulatory and/or political barriers to effective functioning of water markets are reviewed with a focus on southern Murray-Darling Basin in Australia. A mathematical model is developed to estimate the costs of existing restrictions and the benefits from potential changes in the water markets (eg. removing barriers in temporary water market). The modelling results reveal that when expanding trade from intraregional only to interregional trade, mean annual net returns increased from 2,590 million (i.e. an increase of 2,590 million to 17 million). The exclusion of any state from the interstate water trading market imposes significant costs. If South Australia, New South Wales or Victoria withdraws from the market, it reduces net returns by 31 million and $63 million, respectively, from water trading. In conclusion, the policy implications on strategies to removing market barriers are outlined to facilitate efficient and effective water trading.market barrier, opportunity cost, temporary water market, efficient water market, Australia
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