Systemic and adaptive water governance: lessons for Australia from China and South Africa

在气候变化的情况下，我们如何管理集水区是澳大利亚面临的主要公共政策挑战之一。该项目将通过建立一个与科学政策相联系、系统性和适应性的水治理机制，为集水区管理提供新的方向。通过在中国和南非进行比较和平行研究，为澳大利亚两个流域当局提出更可持续用水的政策建议，并为实施这些政策建议创造有利的社会体制因素。该项目直接解决了“水是关键资源”和“应对气候变化”的国家优先目标。该项目还将强调澳大利亚在这一具有全球意义的问题上的重要作用。

The way we manage catchments under climate change is one of Australia’s major public policy challenges. This project will give new direction to catchment management by developing a science-policy linked, systemic and adaptive water governance mechanism. By recommending policy options for more sustainable water use and creating favourable social-institutional factors for the implementation of these policy options in two Australian catchment authorities through comparative and parallel research in China and South Africa. This project directly addresses the national priority goals of “Water - a critical resource” and “Responding to climate change”. This project will also stress Australia's important role in this globally significant issue.