By Karen Hussey, Stephen Dovers
Australian water coverage and administration are present process speedy and substantial swap in line with drought, technological advances, weather swap and demographic and financial shifts. The nationwide Water Initiative and the 2007 Australian executive water coverage statements suggest a primary shift in how Australians will use and deal with water sooner or later. The implementation of the nationwide water coverage provides many demanding situations the production of water rights and markets, entire water making plans, new legislative settings, group participation in water administration, linking city and rural water administration, and extra. dealing with Water for Australia brings jointly major social sciences researchers and practitioners to spot the main demanding situations achieve sustainable water administration, to consolidate present wisdom, and to discover wisdom gaps in and possibilities for furthering water reform.
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The role of communication and attitudes research in the evolution of effective resource management arrangements 3 Values, attitudes and behaviour There is a tendency in Australian debate to approach our communications with the assumption that people with different interests will have disparate values and attitudes. For this reason, this section examines what is known about differences and similarities in water-related attitudes among urban and rural communities in the context of value systems, water-using behaviour, water-conserving behaviour and responsiveness to innovation.