Short-Term Emergency or Recurring Climatic Extreme: A Rural Town Perspective on Drought Policy and Programs

被引:5
作者
Askew, Louise E. [1 ]
Sherval, Meg [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
关键词
Drought; drought policy; climate change; Australia;
D O I
10.1111/j.1467-8500.2012.00774.x
中图分类号
C93 [管理学]; D035 [国家行政管理]; D523 [行政管理]; D63 [国家行政管理];
学科分类号
12 ; 1201 ; 1202 ; 120202 ; 1204 ; 120401 ;
摘要
Drought is most often encountered as a long-running and recurring climatic extreme; one that can have devastating environmental, social and economic impacts. While drought is a routine feature of the Australian climate, the politics of drought are often highly reactive, and drought support programs are notoriously ad hoc and ineffective. In the context of emergent global recognition of climate change, drought has received renewed political attention that presents significant opportunities for change. In this paper, we review the context of drought policy in Australia. Yet we seek to provide a unique contribution to current debates by considering the perspectives of those people at the forefront of drought; in particular, those people living and working in small rural towns in drought-affected areas. The aim of the paper is to use a case study to present an account of drought policies and programs from those who are the targets of such interventions.
引用
收藏
页码:290 / 302
页数:13
相关论文
共 24 条
  • [1] [Anonymous], UNDERSTANDING RURAL
  • [2] [Anonymous], 2005, Australian Climate Change Projec-Tions for Impact Assessment and Policy Application: A Review
  • [3] [Anonymous], MILD REG EC PROF AN
  • [4] Botterill LC., 2005, From Disaster Response to Risk Management: Australia's National Drought Policy LC Botterill
  • [5] Botterill L, 2009, TRACKING RURAL CHANGE: COMMUNITY, POLICY AND TECHNOLOGY IN AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND EUROPE, P59
  • [6] A geography of place: Principles and application for defining 'eco-civic' resource governance regions
    Brunckhorst, David
    Reeve, Ian
    [J]. AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHER, 2006, 37 (02) : 147 - 166
  • [7] Burke T., 2010, ARABE OUTL C 2010
  • [8] Department of Primary Industries Victoria (DPI Victoria), 2011, MIDT EV SUMM REP
  • [9] Department of the Environment Water Heritage and the Arts (DEWHA), 2009, MURR DARL BAS SMALL
  • [10] Drought Policy Review Expert Social Panel, 2008, ITS PEOPL CHANG PERS