| Description |
1 online resource (449 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Preface; About the book; Background to the CSIRO Dryland Farming Systems for Catchment Care Program; Integrating the research program into whole catchment management-the Canberra worshop; Other publications from the CSIRO Dryland Farming Systems for Catchment Care Program; References; Chapter 1 Introduction: perspectives on the problem; The problem; Changing perceptions of the problem; References; SECTION ONE -- PEOPLE: CLIENT NEEDS AND USER INVOLVEMENT; Chapter 2 People: client needs and user involvement -- a summary |
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Integrated catchment management -- where is it at?Assessing the costs of land degradation; Using models; Issues in managing land and research; Managing collaboration between institutions; Evaluating science-based research and development; Adopting new technology and change; Marketing innovation; Chapter 3 Integrated catchment management -- where is it at?; Introduction; What is integrated catchment management?; Where has it been applied?; How is it performing?; Issues in assessing performance; Implications for development of research programs; References |
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Chapter 4 Dryland farming systems for catchment care: natural resource accountingIntroduction; Natural resource accounting; State-wide resource information and accounting system; Soil erosion in the Lachlan Valley, New South Wales; Concluding comments; References; Chapter 5 Dryland farming and catchment care: regional policy in a mathematical programming framework; Introduction; Land degradation; Socioeconomic aspects; Modelling; Three studies; Concluding remarks; References; Chapter 6 Technical issues in understanding processes (researching) across scale; Introduction |
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The author's 'land management' perspectiveExperience from a long-term catchment study -- a scientist's perspective; Where is catchment and soil management knowledge now?; Models as tools for land and catchment management; Stretching a record; Effect of erosion on productivity; Conservation structure design tools; Whole farm catchment management; Pesticide movement from agriculture-putting cropping system models together with catchment models at the farm scale; Does the answer lie in 'high tech' or grass roots?; Can research and development be done at the same time as technology transfer? |
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Point models and spatial models -- how useful is it to mix them?Are models, like any other science, generally over promised?; Conclusions; References; Chapter 7 Community participation in CSIRO's Dryland Farming Systems program; Introduction; Recent developments in CSIRO's community role; Why is community participation necessary?; Why is community participation challenging for science-based organisations?; Do we know enough about how to go about community participation?; Methods and applications: examples; A stakeholder's view of how we should incorporate participation |
| Summary |
Provides a comprehensive technical overview of the relationships between dryland farming systems and catchment land and water quality in Australia |
| Notes |
Putting involvement into operation |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Etc
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Williams, J
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Gascoigne, H
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Hook, R
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| ISBN |
9780643104990 |
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0643104992 |
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