TY - JOUR
T1 - The politics of water reform and environmental sustainability in the Murray-Darling Basin
AU - Horne, James
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - This paper examines three actions by national and state governments-the role of the Cap, the Living Murray (TLM) and the National Action Plan for Water Security/Water for the Future, embodying the Murray-Darling Basin (MDB) Plan-in the Murray-Darling Basin over a 20-year period. The three actions sought to address declining environmental conditions through water policy reform. All were significant in their own way, but only the third offers the prospect of improving environmental outcomes. Taken together, the case studies illustrate that in real life and in complex, multilevelled policy-making, politics is central to water policy decision-making.
AB - This paper examines three actions by national and state governments-the role of the Cap, the Living Murray (TLM) and the National Action Plan for Water Security/Water for the Future, embodying the Murray-Darling Basin (MDB) Plan-in the Murray-Darling Basin over a 20-year period. The three actions sought to address declining environmental conditions through water policy reform. All were significant in their own way, but only the third offers the prospect of improving environmental outcomes. Taken together, the case studies illustrate that in real life and in complex, multilevelled policy-making, politics is central to water policy decision-making.
U2 - 10.1080/02508060.2017.1412201
DO - 10.1080/02508060.2017.1412201
M3 - Article
SN - 0250-8060
VL - 42
SP - 1000
EP - 1021
JO - Water International
JF - Water International
IS - 8
ER -