Environmental change in Australia since 1788:
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1996
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| adam_text | Titel: Environmental change in Australia since 1788
Autor: Young, Ann
Jahr: 1996
CONTENTS
List of Figures, plates, tables and boxes viii
Acknowledgments xi
Preface xiv
CHANGING VIEWS OF THE AUSTRALIAN
ENVIRONMENT
A harsh and unfamiliar land 1
Expansion and its consequences 4
Only water is needed? 10
The move towards conservation 14
ASSESSING CHANGES IN THE AUSTRALIAN
ENVIRONMENT SINCE 1788
Introduction 18
Perception and reality: Aridity in Australia 18
Measuring the changes: How much has been
cleared? 22
Changing perceptions: What is a resource? 24
Monitoring changes: How severe is erosion? 28
Finding the real culprit: Natural and anthropogenic change 29
Problems of scale: How precisely can we measure? 35
Conclusion 37
THE EFFECTS OF AGRICULTURE
Introduction 38
The magnitude of the problems 40
CONTENTS
vi
Wind erosion 43
The impacts of pastoralism and cropping 46
Rabbits and roos 48
Irrigation and salinisation 51
Dryland salinisation 58
Soil acidification 63
Structural decline of soils 68
Conclusion 70
B FORESTRY AND ITS IMPACTS
Introduction 72
What are our forest resources? 80
Conservation and old-growth forests 84
Wildlife conservation in forests 86
A question of language 90
A burning question 92
Dieback of trees in forests and rural areas 95
Plantations and agroforestry 102
Conclusion 104
Introduction 105
Transformed by metals : The development of the industry 105
The impacts of mining 114
Subsidence and alteration to groundwater flow 119
Australian mining and international issues 124
Conclusion 130
MARINE AND COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS
Introduction 131
Poorly conserved resources 131
Impacts on, and due to, fishing activities 135
Damage by discharge: Oil and ballast water 137
The use of Antarctic waters 141
Clean seas, dirty coasts? 144
The coastline: Meeting line of land and sea 146
Sand mining 152
Conclusion 156
MINING
URBANISATION AND ITS EFFECTS
Introduction 157
Defining the problems: What are the issues? 160
Cities as importers 162
Cities as exporters 166
Runoff in urban areas 166
The city and the bush 170
Are we choking? Air pollution and its effects 173
Solid wastes and contaminated land 177
Drawing the battle lines: High-voltage power and
health 181
Conclusion 183
CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY
Introduction 184
Naturalness : Worthless, priceless, or indefinable? 185
Wilderness and the impacts of tourism 188
How large do reserves need to be? 200
The concept of sustainability 201
Precaution, politics or fashion? The greenhouse
debate 206
Conclusion 208
A guide to further reading 211
References 214
Index 233
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