Journal article
Drought, Mud, Filth, and Flood: Water Crises in Australian Cities, 1880s–2010s
Environment & Society Portal: Virtual Exhibitions, Vol.3
2019
Abstract
In this exhibition, we invite visitors to consider the historical relationship of “water crises” of various kinds to the development of urban water systems, through the experience of the driest inhabited continent on earth, Australia. We have chosen a range of different departures from water-related business as usual—from shortage to flood, pollution to drainage—in the five mainland Australian state capitals from the late nineteenth century to the present. The part of this exhibition devoted to each city focuses thematically on just one or two kinds of crisis, while the timeline covers a wider range of events in each place.
Details
- Title
- Drought, Mud, Filth, and Flood: Water Crises in Australian Cities, 1880s–2010s
- Authors
- Andrea Gaynor (Author) - University of Western AustraliaDaniel Jan Martin (Author) - University of Western AustraliaElizabeth Gralton (Author) - University of Western AustraliaJenny Gregory (Author) - University of Western AustraliaLionel Frost (Author) - Monash UniversityMartin Shanahan (Author) - University of South AustraliaMargaret Cook (Author) - University of QueenslandNathan Etherington (Author) - University of SydneyPeter Spearritt (Author) - University of QueenslandRuth Morgan (Author) - Monash UniversitySusan Avey (Author) - University of South Australia
- Publication details
- Environment & Society Portal: Virtual Exhibitions, Vol.3
- Publisher
- Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society
- DOI
- 10.5282/rcc/8383
- Organisation Unit
- School of Law and Society; Sustainability Research Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99569201502621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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