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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 2212-2227 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Journal of Environmental Planning and Management |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| Early online date | 11 Dec 2014 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
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Sustaining local values through river basin governance : community-based initiatives in Australia's Murray-Darling basin. / Robinson, Catherine; Bark, Rosalind; Garrick, Dustin; Pollino, Carmel.
In: Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Vol. 58, No. 12, 2015, p. 2212-2227.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
TY - JOUR
T1 - Sustaining local values through river basin governance
T2 - community-based initiatives in Australia's Murray-Darling basin
AU - Robinson, Catherine
AU - Bark, Rosalind
AU - Garrick, Dustin
AU - Pollino, Carmel
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Australia's Murray–Darling basin (MDB) water plan is an ambitious attempt to balance ecological, social and economic benefits, where a key aspect of the reform process has been recovery of water for environmental use. This paper focuses on a set of initiatives established by a local non-governmental organisation and an Indigenous community designed to engage with local values and priorities and incorporate them into this complex river basin governance system. Contrary to expectations that local and basin-scale interests and outcomes will diverge, the case studies reveal the ability for local groups to collaboratively manage both land and water resources to achieve locally important outcomes, and contribute to basin-scale outcomes. The analysis also highlights a progressive style of community-based environmental management for water management that utilises multiple institutional arrangements and planning pathways to protect the values that are important to local communities, and to nest those values within the broader effort to sustainably manage the basin's water resources.
AB - Australia's Murray–Darling basin (MDB) water plan is an ambitious attempt to balance ecological, social and economic benefits, where a key aspect of the reform process has been recovery of water for environmental use. This paper focuses on a set of initiatives established by a local non-governmental organisation and an Indigenous community designed to engage with local values and priorities and incorporate them into this complex river basin governance system. Contrary to expectations that local and basin-scale interests and outcomes will diverge, the case studies reveal the ability for local groups to collaboratively manage both land and water resources to achieve locally important outcomes, and contribute to basin-scale outcomes. The analysis also highlights a progressive style of community-based environmental management for water management that utilises multiple institutional arrangements and planning pathways to protect the values that are important to local communities, and to nest those values within the broader effort to sustainably manage the basin's water resources.
U2 - 10.1080/09640568.2014.976699
DO - 10.1080/09640568.2014.976699
M3 - Article
VL - 58
SP - 2212
EP - 2227
JO - Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
JF - Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
SN - 0964-0568
IS - 12
ER -