Systemic and adaptive water governance: lessons for Australia from China and South Africa [ 2010-06-01 - 2015-01-20 ]

Research Grant

Researchers: Prof John Langford (Chief Investigator) ,  Ray Ison (Chief Investigator) ,  Dr John Colvin (Partner Investigator) ,  Prof Qi Feng (Partner Investigator) ,  Yongping Wei (Postdoctoral Fellow (Industry))

Brief description Systemic and adaptive water governance: lessons for Australia from China and South Africa. The way we manage catchments under climate change is one of Australia’s major public policy challenges. This project will give new direction to catchment management by developing a science-policy linked, systemic and adaptive water governance mechanism. By recommending policy options for more sustainable water use and creating favourable social-institutional factors for the implementation of these policy options in two Australian catchment authorities through comparative and parallel research in China and South Africa. This project directly addresses the national priority goals of “Water - a critical resource” and “Responding to climate change”. This project will also stress Australia's important role in this globally significant issue.

Funding Amount $320,553

Funding Scheme Linkage Projects

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