Drought, risk management, and policy: lessons from the drought science-policy interface
Edited book (chapter)
Chapter Title | Drought, risk management, and policy: lessons from the drought science-policy interface |
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Book Chapter Category | Edited book (chapter) |
ERA Publisher ID | 1624 |
3415 | |
Book Title | Drought, risk management, and policy: decision-making under uncertainty |
Authors | Botterill, Linda Courtenay (Author) and Cockfield, Geoff (Author) |
Editors | Botterill, Linda Courtenay and Cockfield, Geoff |
Page Range | 197-202 |
Series | Drought and Water Crises |
Chapter Number | 13 |
Number of Pages | 6 |
Year | 2013 |
Publisher | CRC Press |
Taylor & Francis | |
Place of Publication | Boca Raton, FL. United States |
ISBN | 9781439876299 |
9781439876503 | |
Abstract | Scientists and policy makers in Australia and the United States face very similar challenges in the management of drought risk. Compared with other drought-affected countries, both have the relative luxury that drought is not accompanied by famine and is rarely a matter of life and death. Both nations seek to manage drought risk from within federal structures, which come with their own political, bureaucratic, and constitutional challenges. And both struggle with the difficulty, common to many liberal democracies, of managing the science/policy/citizen interface. This collection has sought to explore the issues that face both policy makers and scientists, including social scientists, associated with the uncertainty that drought, and in the longer-term climate change, bring to human activities that depend on water. We have brought together scientific experts, policy advisers, and contributors who have operated at the interface between science and policy in an attempt to unpack the complexities of developing societal responses to drought that are sustainable environmentally, socially, and economically. We believe that the mix of backgrounds and experience of our contributors provides a particularly rich perspective on these issues as it combines the findings of the theoretically informed research-based scholarly literature with the realities of the practitioner on the ground who seeks to influence and improve community capacity to deal with the phenomenon of drought. |
Keywords | government response; drought; policy; risk management; natural hazards; Australia; United States |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 440709. Public policy |
440710. Research, science and technology policy | |
300202. Agricultural land management | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
Byline Affiliations | University of Canberra |
Australian Centre for Sustainable Catchments |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q207y/drought-risk-management-and-policy-lessons-from-the-drought-science-policy-interface
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