An assessment of social and economic values of Australia's tropical rivers : a scoping report for Land and Water Australia's tropical rivers program / Natalie Stoeckl, Owen Stanley, Sue Jackson, Anna Straton and Vicki Brown
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- 6268174
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- Stoeckl, Natalie, author
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- [Townsville, Queensland] : James Cook University ; [Canberra, Australian Capital Territory] : CSIRO, September 2006
- xvii, 173 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), colour maps, colour photographs ; 30 cm
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"Covering an area of more than 1.3 million km2, the tropical rivers (TR) region includes 55 river basins and extends across all catchments from the west side of Cape York to the Kimberley, through Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia. It includes some of Australia's largest river systems, which are - by area size - the Flinders, Roper, Victoria and Fitzroy Rivers and - by volume - the Nicholson and Mitchell Rivers (NGIS Australia, 2004). In 2004 the Board of Land & Water Australia (LWA) identified Australia's TR region as a priority area for major investment over the subsequent five years, and there has been explicit recognition of the important contribution that social sciences make to natural resource management. This report presents results from a scoping study - the primary objective of which was to conduct a 'preliminary' assessment of social and economic values associated with Australia's tropical rivers. This research project complements existing (NGIS Australia, 2004) and ongoing research on the tropical rivers region ..."--Executive summary.
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- Spiral binding.
- "September 2006".
- "Prepared by CSIRO and James Cook University, June 2006"--Cover.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 130-147)
- Funded by Land & Water Australia, CSIRO and James Cook University.
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