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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... supply of fresh water . Equally , the careful disposal and renewal of waste water and sewage is essential for a normally functioning society . The care and conservation of water resources , and the safe management of waste water and ...
... supply of fresh water . Equally , the careful disposal and renewal of waste water and sewage is essential for a normally functioning society . The care and conservation of water resources , and the safe management of waste water and ...
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... supply of water as an ordinary branch of commerce . Rather , he referred to it in the context of his discussion " Of ... supply for another 200 years . The broad historical shape of Sydney's water administration from the late 1780s to ...
... supply of water as an ordinary branch of commerce . Rather , he referred to it in the context of his discussion " Of ... supply for another 200 years . The broad historical shape of Sydney's water administration from the late 1780s to ...
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... supply gives it a low marginal utility , whereas diamonds are expensive because their supply is scarce and , hence , their marginal utility , the price of the last diamond purchased , remains high . Whether the marginalist answer to the ...
... supply gives it a low marginal utility , whereas diamonds are expensive because their supply is scarce and , hence , their marginal utility , the price of the last diamond purchased , remains high . Whether the marginalist answer to the ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Supplying water | 182 |
The rise of economic rationalism | 184 |
Copyright | |
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