New Regionalism and Planning for Water Quality Improvement in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5696019 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ann Peterson (The University of Queensland, corresponding author), Michelle Walker (0000-0001-7813-2562, Golder Associates (Canada)), Mary Maher, Mary Lou Maher (0000-0002-4150-0322, Golder Associates (Canada)), Suzanne Hoverman (The University of Queensland), Rachel Eberhard (0000-0001-6853-3434, Parks Victoria) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 297-313 |
| Publication date | 2010-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geographical Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1745-5863 • E-ISSN: 1745-5871 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1745-5871.2009.00634.x |
| OpenAlex | W2142900300 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 24 |
New regionalism encompasses a diversity of approaches to address regional planning problems. Within Australia, the Great Barrier Reef Water Quality Protection Plan was developed to enhance water quality within the World Heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef, and the plan gave responsibility to regional, natural resource management bodies to undertake several actions. This paper evaluates these initiatives in the light of the emerging theory of new regionalism and highlights six main lessons: up-scaling of the catchment approach to a reef-wide approach is essential in order to improve water quality, but must be complemented by cross-regional collaboration; new governance and institutional arrangements and strengthened partnerships must be effectively integrated; culture and history are important in determining the most effective management approaches; pilot projects must move to comprehensive and strategic implementation; science is important but needs to incorporate other branches of knowledge; and economic incentives are important in encouraging the implementation of best practices, but delivery needs to be flexible. We conclude that the new regional approach is appropriate for addressing complex, multi-scale problems such as water quality, and has incorporated several key principles of new regionalism, but that the process must move quickly to a higher level of commitment and application
Business · Corporate governance · Economics · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Great barrier reef · Incentive · Political science · Reef · Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies · Environmental Science · Ecology
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2021 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |