ISBN:
9783031184505
Language:
English
Pages:
xviii, 303 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
Series Statement:
Palgrave studies in world environmental history
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
304.209
Keywords:
Geschichte 1945-2020
;
Landbevölkerung
;
Bodenversalzung
;
Bewässerung
;
Konflikt
;
Murray-Darling Basin
;
Australien
;
Human ecology—History.
;
Australasia.
;
History.
;
Social history.
;
Australien
;
Murray-Darling Basin
;
Bewässerung
;
Bodenversalzung
;
Landbevölkerung
;
Konflikt
;
Geschichte 1945-2020
Abstract:
This book explores the issue of salinization in the context of contemporary conflicts about irrigation, water, and the environment in Australia, considering the Murray-Darling Basin in particular. It provides an environmental and social history charting the transformation of rural communities in the basin through the salinization of soils and water. Focusing on the Goulburn-Murray Irrigation district in the southwest of the Murray-Darling basin – the largest irrigation district in Australia – it explores the history of state-directed, large-scale engineering in the district, where the environment has been altered dramatically to facilitate white agricultural settlement inland. Changes to the landscape led to extensive salinization, however – a significant environmental threat in Australia. This book traces the impact of these changes on rural communities, taking a ‘bottom-up’ approach, highlighting the connections between environmental, social, and political change. It provides an important reflection on the importance of environmental history for facing the challenges posed by anthropogenic climate change. Daniel Rothenburg is Scientific Coordinator and Research Associate at the Collaborative Research Center 923 "Threatened Order", University of Tübingen, Germany.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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