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5. Irrigation and Drought in a Southern Australian Climate that is Arid, Variable, and Changing

Authors : Peter Hayman, Michael McCarthy

Published in: Drought in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions

Publisher: Springer Netherlands

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Abstract

This chapter attempts to shed light on the recent crisis by briefly examining how irrigation and climate have been thought about in Australia in the past and how this is likely to change in the future. The focus is the irrigation block and vineyard level of the South Australian Riverland. The chapter summarizes opportunities and limits to adaptation options, including further gains in efficiency, closer monitoring of water requirements, and the use of weather and climate forecasts. We conclude by observing the complexity of thinking about drought in a climate that is arid, variable, and changing. Irrigation in Australia was designed to turn arid regions into an oasis. A century later, drought has forced a major and unplanned restructure. Many irrigators hope that it is just a drought, some worry that rather than a cyclical drought, we are seeing manifestation of a drying, and that the real worry is an increasing aridity.

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Metadata
Title
Irrigation and Drought in a Southern Australian Climate that is Arid, Variable, and Changing
Authors
Peter Hayman
Michael McCarthy
Copyright Year
2013
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Book
Drought in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions

Print ISBN: 978-94-007-6635-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-94-007-6636-5

Copyright Year: 2013

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6636-5_5