LEADER 00000cam a2200673Ia 4500 001 ocm55703963 003 OCoLC 005 20160527041054.3 006 m o d 007 cr cnu|||unuuu 008 040623s2003 vraa ob 001 0 eng d 019 743203844|a816847634 020 0643090975|q(electronic book) 020 9780643090972|q(electronic book) 020 1283154293 020 9781283154291 035 (OCoLC)55703963|z(OCoLC)743203844|z(OCoLC)816847634 040 N$T|beng|epn|cN$T|dOCLCQ|dYDXCP|dOCLCQ|dEBLCP|dOCLCQ|dMHW |dIDEBK|dOCLCQ|dMERUC|dOCLCQ|dE7B|dOCLCF|dOCLCQ|dNLGGC |dOCLCO|dDEBSZ|dOCLCQ 043 u-at--- 049 RIDW 050 4 QC929.28.A8|bB49 2003eb 072 7 SCI|x026000|2bisacsh 072 7 NAT|x045040|2bisacsh 072 7 NAT|x010000|2bisacsh 072 7 SCI|x020000|2bisacsh 072 7 RN|2bicssc 082 04 577.22094|222 090 QC929.28.A8|bB49 2003eb 245 00 Beyond drought :|bpeople, policy and perspectives / |cedited by Linda Courtenay Botterill and Melanie Fisher. 264 1 Collingwood, Vic. :|bCSIRO ;|aLondon :|bEurospan,|c2003. 300 1 online resource (1 volume) :|bcolor illustrations 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 340 |gpolychrome|2rdacc 347 text file|2rdaft 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Foreword and acknowledgements; Contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Living in the Australian environment; 2 Climate and drought in Australia; 3 Government responses to drought in Australia; 4 Media representations and public perceptions of drought; 5 Australian drought as lived experience: Social and community impacts; 6 Economic aspects of drought and drought policy; 7 Linking environments, decision-making and policy in handling climatic variability; 8 Perceptions of drought risk: The farmer, the scientist and the policy economist. 520 Australia is the only country on the planet that has a non -annual climate cycle and this poses real challenges for an agricultural sector based on practices which were developed for the relative predictability of a European climate. Since 1989 official Government policy in Australia has moved towards acceptance of this reality and rejected the notion that drought is a natural disaster in favour of a policy approach based on risk management. 588 0 Print version record. 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 650 0 Droughts|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/ sh85039663|zAustralia.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ names/n79021326-781 650 0 Droughts|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/ sh85039663|xSocial aspects|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities /subjects/sh00002758|zAustralia.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/names/n79021326-781 650 0 Droughts|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/ sh85039663|xEconomic aspects|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh99005484|zAustralia.|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326-781 650 7 Droughts.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/898449 650 7 Droughts|xSocial aspects.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/ fast/898464 650 7 Droughts|xEconomic aspects.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org /fast/898450 651 7 Australia.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1204543 655 4 Electronic books. 700 1 Fisher, Melanie.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n00008666 700 1 Botterill, Linda Courtenay.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/names/nb2003103511 776 08 |iPrint version:|tBeyond drought.|dCollingwood, Vic. : CSIRO ; London : Eurospan, 2003|z0643069542 |w(OCoLC)53391863 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=110122|zOnline eBook. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff. 856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading this eBook|uhttp:// guides.rider.edu/ebooks/ebsco 901 MARCIVE 20231220 948 |d20160615|cEBSCO|tebscoebooksacademic|lridw 994 92|bRID