Outline
- Highlights
- Abstract
- Keywords
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1. Risk Management Framework for Agricultural and Institutional Irrigation
- 1.2. Risk Management for Ecological Restoration and Bushfire Mitigation
- 2. Discussion
- 3. Conclusions
- References
رئوس مطالب
- چکیده
- 1. مقدمه
- 1.1 ساختار مدیریت خطر در یکپارچهسازی کشاورزی و موسسهای
- 1.2 مدیریت خطر برای بازیابی زیستمحیطی و کاهش آتشسوزی
- 2. بحث
- 3. جمعبندی
Abstract
The use of recycled water as a valued resource is becoming well established worldwide as a means to support agricultural irrigation. This paper describes a case study of agricultural use of recycled water and associated mixed land-use needs in a peri-urban setting of northwest Sydney. The Hawkesbury campus of Western Sydney University has an established water recycling scheme to support both agricultural productivity and landscape amenity, along with increasing linkages to infrastructure protection from bush fire risk. Risk management strategies are described for a range of land use needs across the campus, and discussed in terms of supporting local resilience, activities of the range of communities of practice involved, and ecosystem services from the local peri-urban landscape. Conclusions are drawn in terms of risk management of agricultural water recycling as an integrative process for managing associated land use needs.
Keywords: Agriculture - Peri-urban landscape - Recycled water - Risk managementConclusions
This case study demonstrates how systematic risk management of water recycling for agricultural use can provide not just a valued resource, but an integrative process for managing broader environmental risks. Agricultural water management which incorporates water recycling therefore has potentially an important integrative role in managing the connectivity of land uses in our peri-urban landscapes. The connectivity through the peri-urban water cycle contributes to resilience in the face of variable rainfall, engagement of a range of communities of practice, and the provision of ecosystem services. In this way, agricultural use of recycled water can contribute to the management of mixed land uses and underlying landscape processes.