Tapping the Turn: the social dimensions of water management

摘要

The history of Australian water policy development and management, including service delivery, is dominated by a positivist scientific-technical approach (Smith 1998). One consequence of this domination is the separation of people from the environment, as recognised by the authors of this issue's first article, by Anna Lukasiewicz and colleagues, who argue that 'the idea of separating people from the environment seems to be present in the world-view of current Australian government agencies'.