Title :
Managing water resources in the murray-darling basin using earth observation
Author :
Forghani, Alan ; Alexandra, Jason
Abstract :
Presents a collection of slides covering the following topics: water scarcity-vulnerability to variability; changes in irrigated agriculture; global commodities boom; green-fields sites for new investment; government buy backs, policy reforms and modernisation; purchases of environmental water; and drought and/or climate change.
Keywords :
climatology; hydrology; irrigation; water conservation; water resources; Murray-Darling basin; climate change; drought; earth observation; environmental water; global commodities boom; government buy backs; green-field sites; irrigated agriculture; policy reforms; water resource management; water scarcity; Air pollution; Earth; Government; Investments; Resource management; Spatial databases; Water resources;
Conference_Titel :
GEOSS Workshop XL (GEOSS), 2011
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0615-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0614-1
DOI :
10.1109/GEOSS.2011.5948944
