Australian Environmental History: Essays and Cases edited by Stephen Dovers

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges.

Australian Environmental History: Essays and Cases explores the past interaction between humans and the Australian environment and offers insights into current environmental debates.

Three overview essays explore the broad nature of Australian landscapes, how we have used and abused them, our attitudes toward them, and how we have perceived them. Seven case studies then explore the history of human-environment interactions in more detail across a variety of scales of time (decades, centuries, millennia) and space (sectors, regions, districts). There are analyses of small districts, large regions and natural resource sectors, from the Great Barrier Reef and the Brigalow domain, through the high country to the arid centre.

In conclusion, Bill Gammage argues that the critical question facing us is not the current catch-phrase 'sustainable development', but sustainable damage - how much can our environment take? (back cover)