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Title: | Presumptions of linearity and faith in the power of centralised decision-making: two challenges to the efficient management of environmental water in Australia | Contributor(s): | Crase, Lin (author); O'Keefe, Suzanne (author); Dollery, Brian E (author) | Publication Date: | 2012 | Open Access: | Yes | DOI: | 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2012.00585.x | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/10673 | Abstract: | Water policy in the Murray-Darling Basin continues to be dominated by the trade-offs between agricultural and environmental interests. This has recently been played out with the acrimonious debate that circumscribed the release of the Guide to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. In this paper, we argue that too much emphasis has been placed on the volume of held water as an indicator of environmental benefit. We also contend that there is an attendant presumption of linearity in the relationship between volumes of held water and environmental benefit which could lead to perverse outcomes. A second problem is that there is too much enthusiasm for contemplating the solutions to water management problems as residing primarily at the federal level of government. These factors stand to ultimately limit the efficient delivery of environmental objectives. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | The Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 56(3), p. 426-437 | Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia | Place of Publication: | Australia | ISSN: | 1467-8489 1364-985X |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 140201 Agricultural Economics | Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 380101 Agricultural economics | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 910405 Public Sector Productivity | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 150305 Public sector productivity | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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