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Title

Environmental policy failure : the Australian story / Kate Crowley, K. J. Walker, editors.

Publication

Prahran, Australia : Tilde Publishing, c2012

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Additional Authors

• Crowley, K. (Kate), 1956-
• Walker, K. J. (Ken J.), 1940-
• Crowley, Kate.

Description

xiv, 224 p.; 25 cm.

Summary

Demonstrates Australia's environment is under unprecedented stress, which is now all too real in terms of problems such as rising sea levels, catastrophic bush fires, drought and dying river systems. The book reveals the nature of environmental policy failure.

Subject

• Environmental policy > Australia
• Environmental law > Australia
• Australia > Environmental conditions

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-219) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction / K. J. Walker Walker, K. J., Kate Crowley Crowley, Kate 1 -- Introduction 1 -- Facing environmental crisis 2 -- The wide brown land 3 -- The problem of ecology 5 -- Elements of policy success 7 -- About this book 8 -- Chapter 2 Australia's construction of environmental policy / KJ Walker Walker, KJ 11 -- Introduction 11 -- Statist developmentalism 13 -- Challenges to statist developmentalism 20 -- Transforming policy 25 -- Chapter 3 Climate policy failure / Kate Crowley Crowley, Kate 29 -- Introduction 29 -- The climate problem in context 30 -- ETS policy efforts 33 -- Australian efforts 34 -- Labor's CPRS 35 -- ETS politics 37 -- Conclusions 41 -- Chapter 4 Lost energy policies, opportunities and practice / Mark Diesendorf Diesendorf, Mark 44 -- Introduction 44 -- Energy policies of the Rudd-Gillard government 48 -- State and territory policies 52 -- Recommended policies 58 -- Discussion and conclusion 58 -- Chapter 5 Between markets and government / Geoff Cockfield Cockfield, Geoff 60 -- Introduction 60 -- The development of NRM policies in Australia 62 -- Policy implementation and outcomes 66 -- NRM policy into the future 70 -- Conclusions 73 -- Chapter 6 Flailing about in the Murray-Darling basin / Daniel Connell Connell, Daniel 74 -- Introduction 74 -- Foundation phase -- early twentieth century 74 -- 1980s -- the second attempt to create a strong decision-making system 75 -- What went wrong? 76 -- 2010 -- the third attempt 78 -- Context for the current water reform program 79 -- The role of water markets 82 -- Public participation 83 -- Lateral options 84 -- Conclusions 86 -- Chapter 7 Disintegration or disinterest? / Geoff Wescott Wescott, Geoff 88 -- Introduction 88 -- Background to current coastal and marine policy in Australia 90 -- Coastal policy in Australia 90 -- Marine policy in Australia 94 -- Overview of current coastal and marine policy in Australia 97 -- The future for Australian coastal and marine policy 98 -- Conclusion 101 -- Chapter 8 Water privatisation / Michael Buxton Buxton, Michael 102 -- Introduction 102 -- Institution-building 102 -- A new regime for water 104 -- Complexity and fragmentation 106 -- The move to a market-based system 107 -- Peri-urban water policy and use 111 -- Sectoral and cross-sectoral policy approaches 114 -- Conclusion 115 -- Chapter 9 Climate adaptation and the Australian system of government / Michael Howes Howes, Michael, Aysin Dedekorkut-Howes Dedekorkut-Howes, Aysin 116 -- Introduction 116 -- The nature of the problem 116 -- The nature of Australian governments 119 -- Case study: The Gold Coast 122 -- Where to from here? 127 -- Conclusions 129 -- Notes and acknowledgements 130 -- Chapter 10 Catastrophic bushfire, politics and the public interest / David Mercer Mercer, David 131 -- Introduction 131 -- 'Risk' and the state 132 -- Natural disasters 133 -- Fire and the Australian environment 134 -- The 'normality' of bushfire and increasing vulnerability 135 -- Post-fire inquiries 137 -- Recent class actions 139 -- Hypercomplex crises 139 -- The February 2009 fires 140 -- Government responses 141 -- Timing 143 -- Fuel-reduction burning 144 -- Challenges and (missed) opportunities 144 -- Chapter 11 Boundless plains to share / Mark O'Connor O'Connor, Mark 146 -- Introduction 146 -- Is Australia a big country? 146 -- Extreme population growth? 149 -- Does population growth damage environments? 150 -- The human costs of population growth 152 -- Debating population: recent politics 154 -- An environmentally sound population policy? 157 -- Chapter 12 Australian ENGOs and government / Joan Staples Staples, Joan 160 -- Introduction 160 -- Pluralism, corporatism and public choice theory 162 -- The legacy of the Hawke and Howard years 168 -- Where NGO power lies 170 -- A co-operative alliance 171 -- Conclusions 172 -- Chapter 13 Conclusions / Kate Crowley Crowley, Kate, KJ Walker Walker, KJ 174 -- Introduction 174 -- Australian stories 176 -- Studies in policy failure 178 -- Reluctant nation? 180 -- Towards policy success? 182.

ISBN

• 9780734611406
• 0734611404

OCLC

719430631

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library