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Title: Knowing your place : an Australasian perspective on catchment-framed approaches to river repair
Related: Australian geographer, Vol. 37, Issue 2, p.131-145
DOI: 10.1080/00049180600699352
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Date: 2006
Author/Creator: Brierley, Gary
Author/Creator: Hillman, Mick
Author/Creator: Fryirs, Kirstie
Description: Australia and New Zealand have been at the forefront of many advances in river management through policy and legislative initiatives and the introduction of participatory frameworks. In part this leadership role is a response to the pervasive extent and impact of post-colonial societies on Australasian environments. Core geographical concepts have contributed significantly to the increased recognition of a 'sense of place' in management practice. Grounded and authentic applications recognise explicitly the complexity of interactions across an array of biophysical and social scales. The contribution of geography to river management is particularly significant in the implementation of catchment-framed programmes, the development of generic scientific tools that can be used on a catchment-by-catchment basis, and the application of adaptive management principles that are operationalised within participatory frameworks. Failing to acknowledge geographical concepts can lead to a placeless universalism in river management that is unsustainable and unacceptable in biophysical and social terms.
Description: 15 page(s)
Subject Keyword: river management
Subject Keyword: river condition
Subject Keyword: recovery potential
Subject Keyword: catchment
Subject Keyword: river health
Subject Keyword: River Styles
Resource Type: journal article
Organisation: Macquarie University. Dept. of Human Geography
Organisation: Macquarie University. Dept. of Physical Geography

Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/7251
Identifier: ISSN:1465-3311
Identifier: mq-rm-2006000807
Language: eng
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