The Murray-Darling Basin: A System in Crisis Part 1

by Cerebellum
SKU: GH4764
$29.98

A two-part series with relevance to geography, Environmental Studies, Sustainability, and Australian history. The central theme is water as a resource. The programs draw on a rich collection of visual sources to trace the complex interaction between nature and farming communities from early settlement to the present.This program examines the complex interaction between nature and human activity in the Murray-Darling Basin from early settlement to the present, focusing on water as a resource. In the second part of the series, we will look at some problems that are threatening the long-term productivity and sustainability of the region.PART 1 EXPLORES:geographic characteristics of the regionforms of agriculture and importance of region's food productiondistribution of water resourceschallenges faced by early farmers and other settlershistorical development of water management policiesdevelopment of water storage and irrigation methodsthe Snowy Mountains Schemeemergence of environmental problems