Sarah Ann Wheeler
Biographic Data
| ID | 6284542 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sarah Ann Wheeler |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sarah Ann |
| FAMILY NAME | Wheeler |
| SIGNATURE | WHEELER S A |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Adelaide |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6073-3172 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 37 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 106 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 37 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
‘Upgrading the farm’
By 2023, the Australian government spent ~AUD5 billion subsidizing on- and off-farm irrigation infrastructure programmes as one means of returning water from consumptive to environmental purposes in the Murray-Darling Basin (MDB). We modelled the impacts of the infrastructure programme on southern MDB water extractions for irrigation and found that subsidies increased regional water extractions by up to 24% in later years (2015–16 to 2020–21), co…
A Cross-Sectional Study of Covid-19 Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Among Black Communities in the Greater Toronto Area
Rethinking responses to the world’s water crises
Comparing Australian public and farmer views on agricultural land use and management practices for sustainability
Using a survey of the public (n = 2032) and broadacre farmers (n = 351) in South Australia and Victoria, Australia, this research compares public and farmers' concerns regarding the acceptability and sustainability of agricultural operations. A principal component analysis was conducted on survey responses to 15 statements capturing environmental, social and governance issues related to agriculture practices and perceptions. This analysis reveale…
The propensity for negative media reporting of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan in Australia
The Murray-Darling Basin (MDB) Plan, or simply ‘Basin Plan’, represents one of the world's largest returns from consumptive (irrigation) water extraction to environmental use. The Plan has been mired in controversy from when its first draft was burned by irrigators in 2010, and as such has been a source of extensive media reporting. Given the ability of journalism in both informing and influencing public debates, as well as the political delibera…
Comparing the success and failure of the Murray–Darling Basin Plan's water recovery programs
The Murray–Darling Basin (MDB) Plan is held up by some as an exemplar for world‐leading water policy, whilst others have called it a failure. Total proposed recovery was to return 3200 GL of consumptive (e.g. namely irrigation) water use to non‐consumptive (e.g. environmental) use in the MDB, making it one of the largest planned reallocations of water resources in the world. As of June 2023, over AUD$13 billion was committed financially from the …
Understanding the influence of Iranian farmers’ climate change beliefs on their adaptation strategies and mitigation intentions
Agriculture is one of the most vulnerable sectors to climate change, therefore it is necessary to understand farmer perceptions of – and adaptation to – climate change. As part of a unique farm adaptation study in Iran, we used structural equation modelling to analyze 400 on-farm survey responses from Khuzestan Province farmers, to understand how their different types of climate change beliefs influenced their mitigation and adaptation behaviour.…
Exploring the Covid-19 Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (KAPs) in the Black Community
Global and Local Spatial Spill-Overs
Informal and formal markets in meeting water needs
Developing an economic quality assessment framework and applying it to water economic studies in the Murray-Darling Basin
Increasing environmental problems and future climate change projections necessitate the need for changing water reallocation in many countries, and hence pose considerable trade-offs and policy challenges. Water reallocation is often mired in policy debate and the socio-economic impacts on affected communities, with many differing views and studies on the type and size of the impact. The debate over the impacts of reduced consumptive water divers…
Community attitudes towards marine parks in South Australia
The influences on farmers' planned and actual farm adaptation decisions
The relationship between country and individual household wealth and climate change concern
How stable are Australian farmers’ climate change risk perceptions? New evidence of the feedback loop between risk perceptions and behaviour
How do natural resource dependent firms gain and lose a social licence
A project, firm or industry whose activities are accepted by communities and stakeholders is said to have a social licence to operate. The importance of a social licence is increasingly being realized in natural resource industries where a project or firm can impose more environmental and social costs, e.g. pollution, or strain on service delivery and housing, on communities than they are willing to accept. However, the conditions that are necess…
The drivers associated with Murray-Darling Basin irrigators’ future farm adaptation strategies
The Impact of Microcredit Loans on School Enrolment in Bangladesh
Human capital investment, especially in education, is a well-known precursor of economic growth in developing countries. In recent years, there has been a proliferation of microfinance programmes, yet evidence on whether microfinance leads to increased educational investment is tenuous at best. We utilise a large-scale cross-sectional household dataset from Bangladesh and geospatial data to study how microcredit participation and increasing micro…
Key Risk Factors Affecting Farmers’ Mental Health
Recently, concern has increased globally over farmers’ mental health issues. We present a systematic review of the outcomes, locations, study designs, and methods of current studies on farmers’ mental health. In particular, this review aims to fill an important gap in understanding of the potential key risk factors affecting farmers’ mental health around the world. 167 articles on farmer mental health were included in a final systematic review us…
Realizing resilience for decision-making
Understanding the impacts of water scarcity and socio-economic demographics on farmer mental health in the Murray-Darling Basin
Changes in climate pose a significant threat to human health, which is not only expected to influence physical health, but also affect mental health. For farming communities that are dependent on ecological and environmental resources for their living, climate variability may significantly influence future farm viability. This study examined whether climatic conditions and water scarcity were associated with worsening farmer (dryland and irrigato…
Turning water into wine
The paradox of irrigation efficiency
Higher efficiency rarely reduces water consumption
Private Transaction Costs of Water Trade in the Murray–Darling Basin
Water torture
Handing down the farm? The increasing uncertainty of irrigated farm succession in Australia
Water torture
Farmers’ climate change beliefs and adaptation strategies for a water scarce future in Australia
The Complex Relationship Between Households' Climate Change Concerns and Their Water and Energy Mitigation Behaviour
Realizing resilience for decision-making
Understanding the impacts of water scarcity and socio-economic demographics on farmer mental health in the Murray-Darling Basin
Changes in climate pose a significant threat to human health, which is not only expected to influence physical health, but also affect mental health. For farming communities that are dependent on ecological and environmental resources for their living, climate variability may significantly influence future farm viability. This study examined whether climatic conditions and water scarcity were associated with worsening farmer (dryland and irrigato…
Evaluating water market products to acquire water for the environment in Australia
How stable are Australian farmers’ climate change risk perceptions? New evidence of the feedback loop between risk perceptions and behaviour
Water policy debate in Australia
Irrigator preferences for water recovery budget expenditure in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia
Rethinking responses to the world’s water crises
Comparing Australian public and farmer views on agricultural land use and management practices for sustainability
Using a survey of the public (n = 2032) and broadacre farmers (n = 351) in South Australia and Victoria, Australia, this research compares public and farmers' concerns regarding the acceptability and sustainability of agricultural operations. A principal component analysis was conducted on survey responses to 15 statements capturing environmental, social and governance issues related to agriculture practices and perceptions. This analysis reveale…
How do natural resource dependent firms gain and lose a social licence
A project, firm or industry whose activities are accepted by communities and stakeholders is said to have a social licence to operate. The importance of a social licence is increasingly being realized in natural resource industries where a project or firm can impose more environmental and social costs, e.g. pollution, or strain on service delivery and housing, on communities than they are willing to accept. However, the conditions that are necess…
The drivers associated with Murray-Darling Basin irrigators’ future farm adaptation strategies
Turning water into wine
Professional development in emergent literacy
The propensity for negative media reporting of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan in Australia
The Murray-Darling Basin (MDB) Plan, or simply ‘Basin Plan’, represents one of the world's largest returns from consumptive (irrigation) water extraction to environmental use. The Plan has been mired in controversy from when its first draft was burned by irrigators in 2010, and as such has been a source of extensive media reporting. Given the ability of journalism in both informing and influencing public debates, as well as the political delibera…
Responding to Global Challenges in Food, Energy, Environment and Water
We analyse the threats of global environmental change, as they relate to food security. First, we review three discourses: (i) ‘sustainable intensification’, or the increase of food supplies without compromising food producing inputs, such as soils and water; (ii) the ‘nexus’ that seeks to understand links across food, energy, environment and water systems; and (iii) ‘resilience thinking’ that focuses on how to ensure the critical capacities of f…
The Influence of Gaming Expenditure on Crime Rates in South Australia
What influences agricultural professionals' views towards organic agriculture
Farmers’ climate change beliefs and adaptation strategies for a water scarce future in Australia
Handing down the farm? The increasing uncertainty of irrigated farm succession in Australia
Evaluating water market products to acquire water for the environment in Australia
Professional development in emergent literacy
Irrigator preferences for water recovery budget expenditure in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia
Watering the farm
Responding to Global Challenges in Food, Energy, Environment and Water
We analyse the threats of global environmental change, as they relate to food security. First, we review three discourses: (i) ‘sustainable intensification’, or the increase of food supplies without compromising food producing inputs, such as soils and water; (ii) the ‘nexus’ that seeks to understand links across food, energy, environment and water systems; and (iii) ‘resilience thinking’ that focuses on how to ensure the critical capacities of f…
The Complex Relationship Between Households' Climate Change Concerns and Their Water and Energy Mitigation Behaviour
Water policy debate in Australia
The paradox of irrigation efficiency
Higher efficiency rarely reduces water consumption
Private Transaction Costs of Water Trade in the Murray–Darling Basin
Water torture
Will boys’ mental health fare worse under a hotter climate in Australia
Key Risk Factors Affecting Farmers’ Mental Health
Recently, concern has increased globally over farmers’ mental health issues. We present a systematic review of the outcomes, locations, study designs, and methods of current studies on farmers’ mental health. In particular, this review aims to fill an important gap in understanding of the potential key risk factors affecting farmers’ mental health around the world. 167 articles on farmer mental health were included in a final systematic review us…
Realizing resilience for decision-making
Understanding the impacts of water scarcity and socio-economic demographics on farmer mental health in the Murray-Darling Basin
Changes in climate pose a significant threat to human health, which is not only expected to influence physical health, but also affect mental health. For farming communities that are dependent on ecological and environmental resources for their living, climate variability may significantly influence future farm viability. This study examined whether climatic conditions and water scarcity were associated with worsening farmer (dryland and irrigato…
Turning water into wine
The Impact of Microcredit Loans on School Enrolment in Bangladesh
Human capital investment, especially in education, is a well-known precursor of economic growth in developing countries. In recent years, there has been a proliferation of microfinance programmes, yet evidence on whether microfinance leads to increased educational investment is tenuous at best. We utilise a large-scale cross-sectional household dataset from Bangladesh and geospatial data to study how microcredit participation and increasing micro…
The relationship between country and individual household wealth and climate change concern
How stable are Australian farmers’ climate change risk perceptions? New evidence of the feedback loop between risk perceptions and behaviour
How do natural resource dependent firms gain and lose a social licence
A project, firm or industry whose activities are accepted by communities and stakeholders is said to have a social licence to operate. The importance of a social licence is increasingly being realized in natural resource industries where a project or firm can impose more environmental and social costs, e.g. pollution, or strain on service delivery and housing, on communities than they are willing to accept. However, the conditions that are necess…
The drivers associated with Murray-Darling Basin irrigators’ future farm adaptation strategies
Community attitudes towards marine parks in South Australia
Economics (21 works) · Geography (19 works) · Business (18 works) · Environmental Science (15 works) · Ecology (14 works) · Environmental resource management (13 works) · Water resources management and optimization (12 works) · Political science (11 works) · Agriculture (10 works) · Environmental planning (10 works)