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Dark Emu

Author : Bruce Pascoe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781922142436
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (424 download)

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Download or read book Dark Emu written by Bruce Pascoe and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dark Emu puts forward an argument for a reconsideration of the hunter-gatherer tag for pre-colonial Aboriginal Australians. The evidence insists that Aboriginal people right across the continent were using domesticated plants, sowing, harvesting, irrigating and storing - behaviors inconsistent with the hunter-gatherer tag. Gerritsen and Gammage in their latest books support this premise but Pascoe takes this further and challenges the hunter-gatherer tag as a convenient lie. Almost all the evidence comes from the records and diaries of the Australian explorers, impeccable sources.

Environmental Change in Australia Since 1788

Author : Ann Rua Mackenzie Young
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Environmental Change in Australia Since 1788 written by Ann Rua Mackenzie Young and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2000 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study reviews the environmental changes that have occurred in Australia since European settlement. It discusses the history of changing attitudes towards the natural environment in Australia and the problems of assessing change.

Australian Environmental Planning

Author : Jason Byrne
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317800567
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)

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Download or read book Australian Environmental Planning written by Jason Byrne and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-16 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Planning Institute of Australia's 2015 Cutting Edge Research and Teaching Award! Australians from all walks of life have begun to realise the nation’s cities cannot sustain profligate growth indefinitely. Dwindling water supplies, failing food bowls, increased energy costs, more severe bushfires, severe storms, flooding, coastal erosion, rising transport expenses, housing shortages and environmental pollution are now daily news headlines. Australia’s cities may have reached their ecological limits: a new model for planning the places we live is needed. Understanding the natural cycles of the city is just as important to planning our cities as knowledge of local ordinances, indeed much more so. A profound knowledge of environmental processes is critical for successful planning in today’s world. Environmental planners take as their guiding principle the concept of designing with nature, approaching cities as living organisms that consume water, energy and raw materials, and produce waste. This metabolic view of cities means we can find new solutions to old problems, and steer our cities towards a more sustainable form of planning. Written specifically for students and professionals working in city planning in Australia, this ground-breaking new book enables Australian planners, architects and developers to get a better understanding of the fundamental principles of environmental planning for cities, showing how land, water, air, energy, wildlife and people shape our built environments, and how in turn environmental processes must be better understood if we are to make informed decisions about developing cities that are more sustainable. The book’s coverage is comprehensive: from an overview of the concepts and theories of environmental planning, through analysis of governance systems and urban environmental processes to agendas and policies for the future, all the key topics are covered in depth, with recommendations for supporting reading and an unrivalled selection of additional materials. Ideal for students, essential for professionals, Australian Environmental Planning is vital reading for more sustainable cities in a more sustainable world.

History of the Australian Environment Movement

Author : Drew Hutton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521456869
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (568 download)

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Download or read book History of the Australian Environment Movement written by Drew Hutton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-04-13 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a history of the value of the Australian environment and the struggles to protect it.

The Australian Physical Environment

Author : Howard Bridgman
Publisher : OUP Australia & New Zealand
ISBN 13 : 9780195541090
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book The Australian Physical Environment written by Howard Bridgman and published by OUP Australia & New Zealand. This book was released on 2008-05-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text introduces the study of Australia's physical environment to students. It provides a thorough understanding of the three critical aspects of the physical environment: the atmosphere, the biosphere, and the lithosphere. Australia is placed within the global environment context, with comparative examples included from around the globe.

Australian Wetland Cultures

Author : John Charles Ryan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1498599958
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book Australian Wetland Cultures written by John Charles Ryan and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-10-31 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the most productive ecosystems on earth, wetlands are also some of the most vulnerable. Australian Wetland Cultures argues for the cultural value of wetlands. Through a focus on swamps and their conservation, the volume makes a unique contribution to the growing interdisciplinary field of the environmental humanities. The authors investigate the crucial role of swamps in Australian society through the idea of wetland cultures. The broad historical and cultural range of the book spans pre-settlement indigenous Australian cultures, nineteenth-century European colonization, and contemporary Australian engagements with wetland habitats. The contributors situate the Australian emphasis in international cultural and ecological contexts. Case studies from Perth, Western Australia, provide practical examples of the conservation of wetlands as sites of interlinked natural and cultural heritage. The volume will appeal to readers with interests in anthropology, Australian studies, cultural studies, ecological science, environmental studies, and heritage protection.

Learning from agri-environment schemes in Australia

Author : Dean Ansell
Publisher : ANU Press
ISBN 13 : 1760460168
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book Learning from agri-environment schemes in Australia written by Dean Ansell and published by ANU Press. This book was released on 2016-05-10 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learning from agri-environment schemes in Australia is a book about the birds and the beef — more specifically it is about the billions of dollars that governments pay farmers around the world each year to protect and restore biodiversity. After more than two decades of these schemes in Australia, what have we learnt? Are we getting the most out of these investments, and how should we do things differently in the future? Involving contributions from ecologists, economists, social scientists, restoration practitioners and policymakers, this book provides short, engaging chapters that cover a wide spectrum of environmental, agricultural and social issues involved in agri-environment schemes.

Aboriginal Man and Environment in Australia

Author : Derek John Mulvaney
Publisher : Australian National University, Research School of Social Sciences
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Aboriginal Man and Environment in Australia written by Derek John Mulvaney and published by Australian National University, Research School of Social Sciences. This book was released on 1971 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Papers originally presented at A.N.U. Seminars, October - December 1968; includes; 1) Sea level changes and land links - J.N. Jennings, 2) Evidence for late Quaternary climates - R.W. Galloway, 3) Vegetation, soils and climate in late Quaternary southeastern Australia - A.B. Costin, 4) River systems and climatic changes in southeastern Australia - Simon Pels, 5) Pleistocene salinities and climatic change; evidence from lakes and lunettes in southeastern Australia - J.M. Bowler, 6) The Australian arid zone as a prehistoric environment - J.A. Mabbutt, 7) Man, fauna and climate in Aboriginal Australia - J.H. Calaby, 8) Cave sediments as palaeoenvironmental indicators, and the sedimentary sequence in Koonalda Cave - R. Frank, 9) The archaeology of Koonalda Cave - R.V.S. Wright, 10) Coastal Aborigines of southeastern Australia - R.J. Lampert, 11) Prehistory in the Cape York Peninsula - R.V.S. Wright, 12) Man and environment in northwest Arnhem Land - Carmel White, 13) Prehistoric research in Timor - I.C. Glover, 14) New Guinea and Australian prehistory - J.P. White, 15) Australian Aboriginal food plants; some ecological and culture-historical implications - J. Golson, 16) Open sites and the ethnographic approach to the archaeology of hunter-gatherers, 17) Habitat and economy; a historical perspective - R. Lawrence, 18) Arid region Aborigines; the Pintubi - J.P.M. Long, 19) The demography of hunters and farmers in Tasmania - R. Jones, 20) Changes in the Aboriginal population of Victoria, 1863-1966 - Diane E. Barwick, 21) The racial affinities and origins of the Australian Aborigines - A.G. Thorne, 22) Genetic evidence and its implications for Aboriginal prehistory - R.L. Kirk, 23) Linguistic evidence and Aboriginal origins - D.T. Tryon, 24) Art and Aboriginal prehistory - R. Edwards, 25) Aboriginal social evolution; a retrospective view - D.J. Mulvaney.

Climate Change

Author :
Publisher : CSIRO
ISBN 13 : 0643103260
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book Climate Change written by and published by CSIRO. This book was released on 2006 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This publication provides the latest scientific knowledge on a series of climate change topics relevant to Australia and the world. It draws on peer-reviewed literature contributed to by thousands of researchers ... Climate change is the greatest ecological, economic, and social challenge of our time. Climate change research over many years shows links between human activities and warming of the atmosphere and oceans. This warming has caused changes to the climate system, such as changes in rain and wind patterns, and reductions in Arctic sea ice. Climate change adaptation involves taking action to adapt to climate change and to plan and prepare for the risk of future change. Climate change mitigation refers to actions that aim to limit greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, either by reducing emissions or by increasing the amount of carbon dioxide stored in natural sinks."--Publisher description.

Water

Author : Ian Prosser
Publisher : CSIRO
ISBN 13 : 0643103287
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book Water written by Ian Prosser and published by CSIRO. This book was released on 2011 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book covers the status of Australia.s water resources and their future prospects, the many values we hold for water, and the potential for using water more effectively to meet the growing demands of cities, farmers, industries, and the environment.

Spoils and Spoilers

Author : Geoffrey Bolton
Publisher : Allen & Unwin Australia
ISBN 13 : 9781863730945
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Spoils and Spoilers written by Geoffrey Bolton and published by Allen & Unwin Australia. This book was released on 1992 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive history of the complex relationship Australians have with the land they live in.

Global Environmental Crises

Author : Graeme Aplin
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Global Environmental Crises written by Graeme Aplin and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1999 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is written for all students and teachers of environmental studies and science, and for practitioners in environmental fields.

Natural Resources and Environmental Justice

Author : Sonia Graham
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN 13 : 148630639X
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (863 download)

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Download or read book Natural Resources and Environmental Justice written by Sonia Graham and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2017-03-01 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental management involves making decisions about the governance of natural resources such as water, minerals or land, which are inherently decisions about what is just or fair. Yet, there is little emphasis on justice in environmental management research or practical guidance on how to achieve fairness and equity in environmental governance and public policy. This results in social dilemmas that are significant issues for government, business and community agendas, causing conflict between different community interests. Natural Resources and Environmental Justice provides the first comprehensive, interdisciplinary examination of justice research in Australian environmental management, identifying best practice and current knowledge gaps. With chapters written by experts in environmental and social sciences, law and economics, this book covers topical issues, including coal seam gas, desalination plants, community relations in mining, forestry negotiations, sea-level rise and animal rights. It also proposes a social justice framework and an agenda for future justice research in environmental management. These important environmental issues are covered from an Australian perspective and the book will be of broad use to policy makers, researchers and managers in natural resource management and governance, environmental law, social impact and related fields both in Australia and abroad.

Ten Commitments Revisited

Author : Steve Morton
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN 13 : 148630169X
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (863 download)

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Download or read book Ten Commitments Revisited written by Steve Morton and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2014-09-25 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are the 10 key issues that must be addressed urgently to improve Australia's environment? In this follow up to the highly successful book Ten Commitments: Reshaping the Lucky Country's Environment, Australia’s leading environmental thinkers have written provocative chapters on what must be done to tackle Australia's environmental problems – in terms of policies, on-ground actions and research. Each chapter begins with a brief overview of the 10 key tasks that need to be addressed in a given field, and then each issue is discussed in more detail. Chapters are grouped into ecosystems, sectors and cross-cutting themes. Topics include: deserts, rangelands, temperate eucalypt woodlands, tropical savanna landscapes, urban settlements, forestry management , tropical and temperate marine ecosystems, tropical rainforests, alpine ecosystems, freshwater ecosystems, coasts, islands, soils, fisheries, agriculture, mining, grazing, tourism, industry and manufacturing, protected areas, Indigenous land and sea management, climate change, water, biodiversity, population, human health, fire, energy and more. Ten Commitments Revisited is a must read for politicians, policy makers, decision makers, practitioners and others with an interest in Australia’s environment.

The Madhouse Effect

Author : Michael E. Mann
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231541813
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book The Madhouse Effect written by Michael E. Mann and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The award-winning climate scientist Michael E. Mann and the Pulitzer Prize–winning political cartoonist Tom Toles have been on the front lines of the fight against climate denialism for most of their careers. They have witnessed the manipulation of the media by business and political interests and the unconscionable play to partisanship on issues that affect the well-being of billions. The lessons they have learned have been invaluable, inspiring this brilliant, colorful escape hatch from the madhouse of the climate wars. The Madhouse Effect portrays the intellectual pretzels into which denialists must twist logic to explain away the clear evidence that human activity has changed Earth's climate. Toles's cartoons collapse counter-scientific strategies into their biased components, helping readers see how to best strike at these fallacies. Mann's expert skills at science communication aim to restore sanity to a debate that continues to rage against widely acknowledged scientific consensus. The synergy of these two climate science crusaders enlivens the gloom and doom of so many climate-themed books—and may even convert die-hard doubters to the side of sound science.

OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: Australia 2007

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264039619
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: Australia 2007 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2008-03-19 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: OECD's periodical review of Australia's environmental policies and programmes. This edition reviews progress since the last review in 1998 and in relation to the 2001 OECD Environmental Strategy.

Nature, Temporality and Environmental Management

Author : Lesley Head
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317089553
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Nature, Temporality and Environmental Management written by Lesley Head and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-08-05 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How are different concepts of nature and time embedded into human practices of landscape and environmental management? And how can temporalities that entwine past, present and future help us deal with challenges on the ground? In a time of uncertainty and climate change, how much can we hold onto ideals of nature rooted in a pristine and stable past? The Scandinavian and Australian perspectives in this book throw fresh light on these questions and explore new possibilities and challenges in uncertain and changing landscapes of the future. This book presents examples from farmers, gardens and Indigenous communities, among others, and shows that many people and communities are already actively engaging with environmental change and uncertainty. The book is structured around four themes; environmental futures, mobile natures, indigenous and colonial legacies, heritage and management. Part I includes important contributions towards contemporary environmental management debates, yet the chapters in this section also show how the legacy of older landscapes forms part of the active production of future ones. Part II examines the challenges of living with mobile natures, as it is acknowledged that environments, natures and people do not stand still. An important dimension of the heritage and contemporary politics of Australia, Sweden and Norway is the presence of indigenous peoples. As is clear in part III, the legacies of the colonial past both haunt and energise contemporary land management decisions. Finally, part IV demonstrates how the history and heritage of landscapes, including human activities in those landscapes, are entwined with contemporary environmental management. The rich empirical content of the chapters exposes the diversity of meanings, practices, and ways of being in nature that can be derived from cultural environmental research in different disciplines. The everyday engagements between people, nature and temporalities provide important creative resources with which to meet future challenges.