Desert Channels: The Impulse to Conserve
CSIRO Publishing, $59.95 hb, 348 pp
Desert Channels: The Impulse to Conserve by Libby Robin, Chris Dickman, and Mandy Martin
In recent months a significant part of Australia has been subject to deluge and flood. As the continent recharges its waterways and water tables, we are like an ant nest into which a curious child has thrust a hose – rushing about rescuing and shoring up, patching and rebuilding, behaving as if this upheaval is an aberration, and as if building towns and cities on flood plains is sensible.
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Desert Channels: The Impulse to Conserve
by Libby Robin, Chris Dickman, and Mandy Martin
CSIRO Publishing, $59.95 hb, 348 pp
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