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The Murray–Darling Basin Plan: An Adaptive Response to Ongoing Challenges
Author(s) -
Crase Lin
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
economic papers: a journal of applied economics and policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.245
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1759-3441
pISSN - 0812-0439
DOI - 10.1111/j.1759-3441.2012.00187.x
Subject(s) - plan (archaeology) , strengths and weaknesses , embodied cognition , component (thermodynamics) , structural basin , adaptive management , environmental planning , process management , political science , environmental resource management , computer science , engineering , geography , environmental science , epistemology , archaeology , geology , paleontology , philosophy , physics , artificial intelligence , thermodynamics
In this concise article, I endeavour to capture some of the core issues that circumscribe the controversial Murray–Darling Basin Plan to offer an assessment of the current strengths and weaknesses embodied in the most recent iteration. I use this article to explore the notion of “over‐allocation” before honing in on the role of adaptive management, which has featured prominently in recent versions of the Plan. Although this arguably represents the strongest component of the Plan, there remain marked inconsistencies between an adaptive management approach and other elements of the water policy. This article is used to encourage a rethink of some of those measures.