Irrigators and the new policy paradigm - : An australian case study

The new water policy paradigm has been vigorously implemented and pursued in Australia since the early 1990s. This paper analyses how elements of this new paradigm have been adopted and perceived by irrigators within two different states of the Murray-Darling Basin in south eastern Australia and how...

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Published inWater policy Vol. 7; no. 6; pp. 581 - 595
Main Author BJORNLUND, Henning
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London IWA 01.12.2005
IWA Publishing
Subjects
Applied sciences
Buildings. Public works
Case studies
Economic models
Exact sciences and technology
Farming
Hydraulic constructions
Instruments
Irrigation networks
Markets
Water
Water markets
Water policies
Water policy
Australia
Oceania
Policy
Irrigation
Costs
Water resource management
Environmental flow
Water trading
Market survey
Irrigator
Marketing
Case study
Water policy reform
Water markets
Environment
Reform
Australia
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Summary:The new water policy paradigm has been vigorously implemented and pursued in Australia since the early 1990s. This paper analyses how elements of this new paradigm have been adopted and perceived by irrigators within two different states of the Murray-Darling Basin in south eastern Australia and how these policies have had an impact on the lives and aspirations of farming families. The analyses are based on 700 telephone interviews with irrigators who have bought and sold water on the markets for temporary or permanent water as well as irrigators who have never traded. The analyses suggest that the impact and perception of the new policy instruments are not primarily delineated between buyers and sellers in the water market as could have been expected, but by the irrigators' position in the adjustment process, which determines how the irrigators are active in the water market.
ISSN:1366-7017
1996-9759
DOI:10.2166/wp.2005.0035