Wetlands in a dry land : more-than-human histories of Australia's Murray-Darling Basin
O'Gorman, Emily2024
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In the name of agriculture, urban growth, and disease control, humans have drained, filled, or otherwise destroyed nearly 87 percent of the world's wetlands over the past three centuries. Unintended consequences include biodiversity loss, poor water quality, and the erosion of cultural sites, and only in the past few decades have wetlands been widely recognized as worth preserving. Emily O'Gorman asks, what has counted as a wetland, for whom, and with what consequences? Using the Murray-Darling Basin-a massive river system in eastern Australia that includes over 30,000 wetland areas-as a case study and drawing on archival research and original interviews, O'Gorman examines how people and animals have shaped wetlands from the late nineteenth century to today.
Main title:
Wetlands in a dry land : more-than-human histories of Australia's Murray-Darling Basin / by Emily O'Gorman; foreword by Heather Goodall.
Author:
O'Gorman, EmilyGoodall, Heather, writer of foreword
Imprint:
Carlton, Victoria : Melbourne University Press, 2024.
Collation:
xviii, 261 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Notes:
First published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2021.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780522880618 (paperback)
Dewey class:
333.9528
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
499895
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Marys | Nonfiction | 333.9528 WET | Available |