drought

Experiencing ‘drought and more’: local responses from rural Victoria, Australia.

Research Themes

Sherval, M, Askew LE. 2012. Experiencing ‘drought and more’: local responses from rural Victoria, Australia.. Population and Environment. 33:347-364.

To water or not to water, that is the question! Analyse Heller's theory of the double bind of modernity and how it relates to the development of irrigation systems in Norther Victoria

Please email me at maggies90@bigpond.com to receive a full pdf file of this essay.

Research Themes

Capacity building and resilience

Interdisciplinary and intersectoral communication

Other Research Themes

irrigation practices

Congues, JM. 2009. To water or not to water, that is the question! Analyse Heller's theory of the double bind of modernity and how it relates to the development of irrigation systems in Norther Victoria.

Riding the waves of drought to climate change.

Please email me at maggies90@bigpond.com for a copy of the full text. There is an accompanying power point that illustrates what is being said, so in effect the presentation is two fold.
I have also presented this paper to the Councillors of the City of Greater Shepparton (Nov. 2009) and was invited to deliver this presentation to the Executive Committee of the National Council for Women, Melbourne (2010) and at La Trobe University's Academic Seminar Series, Shepparton Campus (2010).

Research Themes

Adaptation and uncertainty

Capacity building and resilience

Community transition and transformation

Other Research Themes

rural families and drought

Congues, JM. 2009. Riding the waves of drought to climate change.. Understanding rural landholders attitudes to climate change.

Managing drought in a changing climate: identity, crisis and self-reliance – the Australian way

Please email me at maggies90@bigpond.com to access a pdf file of the full text.

Research Themes

Adaptation and uncertainty

Community transition and transformation

Risk management

Other Research Themes

drought policy

Congues, JM. 2010. Managing drought in a changing climate: identity, crisis and self-reliance – the Australian way. Humanities and Social Sciences. Honours (Sociology and Anthropology):70.

PhD Scholarship opportunity at the University of Sydney

Drought, Climate Change and Rural Adjustment: Tracking the Destinationsof Existing Farmers.

Beyond Reasonable Drought

Link type:

Website

URL:

http://moadoph.gov.au/brd/

Description

Beyond Reasonable Drought is an Old Parliament House travelling exhibition in association with the MAP group of photographers, whose members have documented the impact of the drought on the land, people and psyche of rural Australia.

A sunburnt country: The economic and financial impact of drought on rural and regional families in Australia in an era of climate change

NIRRA Member Author/Editor

Boyd Hunter

Edwards, B, Gray M, Hunter B. 2009. A sunburnt country: The economic and financial impact of drought on rural and regional families in Australia in an era of climate change. Australian Journal of Labour Economics. 12:109–31.

Rural Adjustment Schemes: Juggling Politics, Welfare and Markets

Research Themes

Risk management

NIRRA Member Author/Editor

Linda Botterill

Geoff Cockfield

Cockfield, G, Botterill LC. 2006. Rural Adjustment Schemes: Juggling Politics, Welfare and Markets. Australian Journal of Public Administration. 65:70-82.

Income related loans for drought relief: repayment projections

NIRRA Member Author/Editor

Linda Botterill

Kelly, S, Chapman B, Botterill L. 2004. Income related loans for drought relief: repayment projections. A Report for the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation.

Income Related Loans for Drought Relief

Research Themes

Risk management

NIRRA Member Author/Editor

Linda Botterill

Chapman, B, Botterill L, Egan M. 2004. Income Related Loans for Drought Relief. Centre for Economic Policy Research Discussion Paper No 472.