UNDER WATER: a comparative ethnographic analysis of water use and resource management in Queensland and Western Australia

通过在四个分水岭集水区的民族志田野调查，这项比较研究考察了利益集团如何使用和管理水资源。它将与土著和非土著群体、牧民、矿工、农民和渔民合作，全面深入地分析人们对水的概念、使用和评估的方式。这项研究将从不同的角度探讨水资源管理和环境问题，如盐度问题。它的主要目标是在不同的环境中进一步理解人与环境的关系。通过阐明各种做法、需求和价值观，我们将说明如何解决冲突和确保水资源的有效管理。

Via ethnographic fieldwork in four watershed catchment areas, this comparative study examines how interest groups use and manage water resources. Working with Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal groups, pastoralists, miners, farmers and fishers, it will provide comprehensive in-depth analysis of the ways in which people conceptualise, use and evaluate water. The study will investigate different perspectives on water resource management and environmental issues, such as salinity. Its major objectives are to further understanding of human-environmental relations in contrasting settings. By elucidating various practices, needs and values, we will show how conflicts might be resolved and effective management of water resources ensured.