From Disaster Response to Risk Management

Australia's National Drought Policy
1. Auflage. Softcover version of original hardcover Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-90-481-6799-9
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, Band 22, 212 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 366 g

Reihe: Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research

An academically focused collection of papers highlighting the successes and challenges of a move from disaster to risk management in responding to drought. The book passes on the experiences gained from Australia’s trail-blazing new policy, introduced in 1992.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wilhite, Donald A.

Botterill, Linda C.

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Umwelttechnik
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Chemie Allgemein Toxikologie, Gefahrstoffe, Sicherheit in der Chemie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Arbeitsplatz, Arbeitsschutz, Gefahrstoffschutz
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Verwaltungsrecht Verwaltungspraxis Feuerwehr, Rettungsdienst, Katastrophen- und Zivilschutz
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umwelttechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Living in the Australian Environment.- Climate and Drought in the Subtropics: The Australian Example.- Indigenous Water Philosophy in an Uncertain Land.- Late Twentieth Century Approaches to Living with Uncertainty: The National Drought Policy.- Managing Risk?: Social Policy Responses in Time of Drought.- Drought, News Media and Policy Debate.- At the Intersection of Science and Politics: Defining Exceptional Drought.- Drought Risk as a Negotiated Construct.- Prospects for Insuring Against Drought in Australia.- Policy for Agricultural Drought in Australia: An Economics Perspective.- Drought Policy and Preparedness: The Australian Experience in an International Context.- Lessons for Australia and Beyond.

Über Autor(innen)

(a) Dr Linda Botterill is a Post Doctoral Fellow in the National Europe Centre at the Australian National University where she is undertaking research on agricultural policy in Australia and Europe. She also lectures in political science in the School of Social Sciences. Dr Botterill has extensive experience in public policy having worked in the Australian Government Department of Primary Industries and Energy, as an adviser to two Cabinet Ministers and as a policy officer in two industry associations before undertaking her doctorate in political science at the ANU.

(b) Dr. Donald A. Wilhite is the founder and director of the National Drought Mitigation Center and Professor, School of Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He has extensive experience in drought planning and policy, drought mitigation, and drought monitoring. Dr. Wilhite has worked with many federal agencies and state governments in the United States and with many foreign governments and international organizations on a broad range of drought management issues.