| Description |
iv, 80 pages ; 30 cm |
| Series |
Australia, state of the environment. Environmental indicator report |
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Australia, state of the environment. Environmental indicator report
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| Contents |
Summary -- Background -- Commonwealth state of the environment reporting -- Environmental indicators -- Scope of incland waters -- Conceptual and policy approaches to inland waters -- Regionalisations and spatial scales for monitoring indicators -- Approach to selecting indicators -- Grouping the indicators -- ANZECC Water Quality quidelines -- Key indicators for national state of the environment reporting on inland waters -- Groundwater -- Human health -- Environmental water quality -- Surface water quality -- Physical change -- Biotic habitat quality -- Effective management -- Research and development needs -- List of environmental indicator reports -- Appendices |
| Summary |
Present a key set of environmental indicators for inland waters for national state of the environment reporting; ensure that the list of indicators adequately covers all major environmental themes and issues; examine each indicator in detail to ensure that it is rigorously defined and measurable and in an interpretive framework; identify suitable monitoring strategies for each indicator - including measurement techniques, appropriate temporal and spatial scales for measurement and reporting, data storage and presentation techniques, and the appropriate geographical extent of monitoring; identify relevant data sources for each indicator, if these are available; define the baseline information that is needed to properly interpret the behaviour of the indicators |
| Analysis |
Data collection |
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Environmental auditing |
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Environmental indicators |
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Environmental indicators--australia |
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Environmental monitoring--australia |
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Federal issue |
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Local government issue |
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Performance indicators |
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River systems |
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State issue |
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Stream ecology--australia--measurement--standards |
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Water quality--australia--measurement--standards |
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Water resources |
| Notes |
'Environment Australia, Department of the Environment' |
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'State of the Environment' |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 67-71 |
| Notes |
Also available in an electronic version vai the Internet at: http://www.environment.gov.au/soe/publications/indicators/pubs/water.pdf |
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Commonwealth of Australia 1998 |
| Subject |
Environmental indicators -- Australia.
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Environmental monitoring -- Australia.
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Stream ecology -- Australia -- Measurement -- Standards.
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Water quality -- Australia -- Measurement -- Standards.
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Water resources development -- Environmental aspects -- Australia.
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Waterways -- Australia -- Measurement -- Standards.
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Waterways -- Australia.
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| Author |
Napier, Gillian Marie
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Australia. Department of Environment
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Australia. Environment Australia.
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| ISBN |
0642545278 |
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