Modelling drought and recovery in the southern Murray-Darling basin*

Wittwer, Glyn; Griffith, Marnie

doi:10.1111/j.1467-8489.2011.00541.x

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“…This reduction not only affected the MDB region, but also affected the food supply of Australia as well as the rest of the world (Qureshi et al 2013). The impact on the local economy was much stronger with a reduction in the gross regional product as well as a decrease in employment (Wittwer and Griffith 2011).…”

Section: Drought In the Murray-darling Basin (Mdb)mentioning

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Assessing adaptive capacity during the drought period in the Murray–Darling Basin

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The severity and intensity of drought are predicted to worsen under expected changing climatic conditions. The ability of communities to adapt and be resilient during a severe event such as drought depends on the capacity of the area. This study looks at the capacity of regional communities to adapt during a period of severe condition, using a case study of the Murray-Darling Basin in Southeast Australia during the Millennium drought. Using principal component analysis methodology, this study creates several indexes to summarise important indicators for socioeconomic adaptive capacity. Results indicate that that the adaptive capacity measure works well in the areas near cities. On the other hand, although areas away from cities were more likely to suffer lower adaptive capacity after the drought, the areas with higher capacity index seem to be able to maintain their position in the quintile or at least not drop further down into lower quintile even when compared to the area near the city.

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Section: Drought In the Murray-darling Basin (Mdb)mentioning

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Assessing adaptive capacity during the drought period in the Murray–Darling Basin

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“…However, there is also evidence that farmers adapt by using a suite of infrastructure and non-infrastructure strategies (Dixon et al, 2011;Wittwer & Griffith, 2011). Irrigators remain concerned about the socio-economic impacts of the buyback programme (NWC, 2012), and it is apparent that for some vulnerable irrigators and communities the process of adaptation in the coming decade will be difficult (ABARE-BRS, 2010b;Marsden Jacob & Associates, 2010;Windsor Report, 2011;EBC et al, 2011).…”

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Water allocation reform to meet environmental uses while sustaining irrigation: a case study of the Murray–Darling Basin, Australia

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Governments are developing policy to reallocate water to environmental uses in many of the world's major river basins developed for irrigation. These policies can place considerable pressure on the irrigation sector to adjust, and may be perceived to conflict with food security and rural development goals. This paper reviews the literature examining opportunities to reduce irrigation district and third party externalities associated with rapid adjustment to water reallocation, with emphasis on recent water reform in the Murray-Darling Basin (MDB), Australia. We focus on opportunities to improve joint environmental and regional economic outcomes, by targeting and sequencing policy instruments operating at different scales.

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“…This enables irrigable land to move between irrigated agriculture and dry-land agriculture depending on the price of irrigation water. An increase in the price of irrigation water reduces the rental value of unwatered irrigable land, resulting in increased demand from dry-land industries for unwatered irrigable land (Dixon et al, 2010;Wittwer & Griffith, 2011). Mobility of land between irrigated and dry-land agriculture represents an improvement on TERM-Water.…”

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Investing in recovering water for the environment in Australia's Murray-Darling Basin

Banerjee

2014

International Journal of Water Resources Development

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Irrigated agriculture makes an important contribution to the economy of Australia's Murray-Darling Basin. Competing water demand, recurring drought and climate change have ushered in an era of water policy reform. To recover water for the environment, surface water extraction is capped and investment in irrigation infrastructure is prioritized. This article applies a computable general equilibrium model to evaluate the economic impacts of investment in irrigation in a case study of the Murrumbidgee subcatchment. Results indicate an increase in regional output, income and employment, while at the national level there is a small negative impact resulting from the transfer of resources to the basin and the crowding out of private investment.

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Modelling drought and recovery in the southern Murray-Darling basin*

Cited by 60 publications

References 11 publications

Assessing adaptive capacity during the drought period in the Murray–Darling Basin

Assessing adaptive capacity during the drought period in the Murray–Darling Basin

Water allocation reform to meet environmental uses while sustaining irrigation: a case study of the Murray–Darling Basin, Australia

Investing in recovering water for the environment in Australia's Murray-Darling Basin

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