Water's Fall: Running the Risks with Economic RationalismAcademic examination of the massive rationalisation of Australia's water system in the closing decades of the 20th century. Investigates two major breakdowns: the Big Pong in Adelaide in the autumn of 1996 and the contamination crisis in Sydney in the winter of 1997. Uses the recent breakdowns in our water infrastructure to take the reader deep inside the ideas that govern modern society. Includes illustrations, appendices, notes and index. Author is a Visiting Fellow in the School of History at the University of New South Wales. Previous titles include 'War on the Wharves: A Cartoon History'. Illustrator is a prominent cartoonist who is regularly published in the 'Australian'. |
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Page 130
... operating licence ' , which set out consumer and other standards . Around these already complex arrangements , the model frayed in two conflicting directions . On the one side , as noted ( in Chapter Seven ) , under- neath Sydney ...
... operating licence ' , which set out consumer and other standards . Around these already complex arrangements , the model frayed in two conflicting directions . On the one side , as noted ( in Chapter Seven ) , under- neath Sydney ...
Page 131
... operating licence , and stipulated that a public inquiry would have to be held prior to privatisation . The power of the health department and the other non - commercial regulators was ramped up by a requirement for the corporation to ...
... operating licence , and stipulated that a public inquiry would have to be held prior to privatisation . The power of the health department and the other non - commercial regulators was ramped up by a requirement for the corporation to ...
Page 137
... operations room were to the real technical and public interfaces of the crisis , the more likely they were to be ... operating the water distribution network , retail sales and talking to the media . A partial exception to this was ...
... operations room were to the real technical and public interfaces of the crisis , the more likely they were to be ... operating the water distribution network , retail sales and talking to the media . A partial exception to this was ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Supplying water | 182 |
The rise of economic rationalism | 184 |
Copyright | |
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