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The salinity crisis ; landscapes, communities and politics / Quentin Beresford ... [et al.]

Record no:

57690

Call no:

333.736 SAL

Author:

Beresford, Quentin

Publisher:

Crawley, W.A.: University of Western Australia Press

Year:

2001

Series:

Contemporary issues

Description:

xii, 324 p., [24] p. of col. plates : ill., maps ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Salinization - Australia;
Salinity - Control - Australia;
Soil salinization - Western Australia;
Soils, Salt in - Western Australia;
Landscape changes - Western Australia;

Isbn:

1876268603

Type:

Book

Contents:

Part 1. Salinity, a multidimensional crisis: The salinity crisis: an overview -- Part 2. The spread of salinity and responses to it, 1900-1990s: The opening up of the wheatbelt, 1900-1970s - Dealing with the environmental challenge: Politics and the environment,

1970-90 - The politics of salinity and the environment in the 1990s -- Part 3. Contemporary issues posed by salinity: Katanning: The salty heart of the Great Southern - Environmental impacts of salinity - Solutions to the salinity crisis -- Part 4. Conclusion: Towards a sustainable future -- Appendix: Common and scientific names for plants, animals and birds mentioned in the text.

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