Troubled Waters
Australian cities have traditionally relied for their water on a 'predict-and-provide' philosophy that gives primacy to big engineering solutions. In more recent years privatised water authorities, seeking to maximise consumption and profits, have reinforced the emphasis on increasing supply. Now th...
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| description | Australian cities have traditionally relied for their water on a 'predict-and-provide' philosophy that gives primacy to big engineering solutions. In more recent years privatised water authorities, seeking to maximise consumption and profits, have reinforced the emphasis on increasing supply. Now the cities must cope with the stresses these policies have imposed on the eco-systems from which they harvest water, into which they discharge wastes, and on which they are located. Residents are having to pay more for their water, while the cities themselves are becoming less sustainable. Must we build more dams and desalination plants, or should we be managing the demand for urban water more prudently? This book explores the demand for urban water and how it has changed in response to shifting social mores over the past century. It explains how demand for centralised provision of water might be reshaped to enable the cities to better cope with expected changes in supply as our climate changes. And it discusses the implications of property rights in water for proposals to privatise water services. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1162722024-04-09T11:41:27Z Troubled Waters Troy, Patrick Political Science Aquatic Sciences thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RP Regional and area planning thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RB Earth sciences::RBK Hydrology and the hydrosphere Australian cities have traditionally relied for their water on a 'predict-and-provide' philosophy that gives primacy to big engineering solutions. In more recent years privatised water authorities, seeking to maximise consumption and profits, have reinforced the emphasis on increasing supply. Now the cities must cope with the stresses these policies have imposed on the eco-systems from which they harvest water, into which they discharge wastes, and on which they are located. Residents are having to pay more for their water, while the cities themselves are becoming less sustainable. Must we build more dams and desalination plants, or should we be managing the demand for urban water more prudently? This book explores the demand for urban water and how it has changed in response to shifting social mores over the past century. It explains how demand for centralised provision of water might be reshaped to enable the cities to better cope with expected changes in supply as our climate changes. And it discusses the implications of property rights in water for proposals to privatise water services. 2023-10-05T10:59:36Z 2023-10-05T10:59:36Z 2008 book ONIX_20231005_9781921313844_1983 9781921313844 9781921313837 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/116272 eng image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt24hdqv ANU Press 10.2307/j.ctt24hdqv 10.2307/j.ctt24hdqv 975ba519-3ce2-4517-95bf-b847729fbcf1 9781921313844 9781921313837 open access |
| spellingShingle | Political Science Aquatic Sciences thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RP Regional and area planning thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RB Earth sciences::RBK Hydrology and the hydrosphere Troubled Waters |
| title | Troubled Waters |
| title_full | Troubled Waters |
| title_fullStr | Troubled Waters |
| title_full_unstemmed | Troubled Waters |
| title_short | Troubled Waters |
| title_sort | troubled waters |
| topic | Political Science Aquatic Sciences thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RP Regional and area planning thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RB Earth sciences::RBK Hydrology and the hydrosphere |
| topic_facet | Political Science Aquatic Sciences thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RP Regional and area planning thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RB Earth sciences::RBK Hydrology and the hydrosphere |
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