Publications

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  • New Publications!

    Annual Reports

    WIDCORP Report Series

    Papers and Conferences


    New Publications

  • New! WIDCORP (2009) Understanding farmer knowledge and attitudes to climate change, climate variability and greenhouse gas emissions. December 2009. Report no. 1/09
  • New! WIDCORP (2009) Farmer behaviour and enterprise change: Supply Systems 1-6 Wimmera Mallee Pipeline Survey 2009. October 2009. Report no. 2/09
  • New! WIDCORP (2009) Farmer behaviour and enterprise change: Supply Systems 1-6 Wimmera Mallee Pipeline Survey 2009. October 2009. SUMMARY REPORT
  • New! Briggs et al. (2009) Coping with severe drought, stories from the front line. November 2009. Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium.

  • Annual Reports

  • WIDCORP. (2009). Annual Report 2008.
  • WIDCORP. (2008). Annual Report 2007.
  • WIDCORP. (2007). Annual Report 2006.

  • WIDCORP Report Series

    2009
  • New! McRae-Williams et al. (2009) Driving Water Futures: The use of an interactive visualisation tool for community water allocation engagement. April 2009. WIDCORP Report 3/09. WIDCORP and Deakin University.
  • WIDCORP. (2009). Farmer behaviour and enterprise change as a result of the Wimmera Mallee Pipeline - One year on. January 2009. WIDCORP report 2/08. Full Report
  • WIDCORP. (2009). Farmer behaviour and enterprise change as a result of the Wimmera Mallee Pipeline - One year on. Summary sheet. January 2009.
  • 2008
  • WIDCORP. (2008). Identifying farmer typologies, attitudes and aspirations of the Wimmera Mallee Pipeilne - Supply System 6. A report prepared for the Department of Primary Industries, Horsham. December 2008. WIDCORP report 3/08.
  • WIDCORP. (2008). Identifying farmer typologies, attitudes and aspirations of the Wimmera Mallee Pipeilne - Supply System 6. Summary Report. December 2008. WIDCORP report 3/08.
  • Nolan, M. (2008). Carbon in Agriculture. A preliminary study of Wimmera farmers' attitudes and perceptions of greenhouse gas reduction on-farm. A report prepared for the Department of Primary Industries, Horsham. November 2008. WIDCORP report 4/08
  • Nolan, M. (2008). Carbon in Agriculture. A preliminary study of Wimmera farmers' attitudes and perceptions of greenhouse gas reduction on-farm. Summary Report. November 2008. WIDCORP report 4/08
  • WIDCORP. (2008). Water, regional development & resilience. Exploring the linkages between water reform and the resilience of small business people in drought-affected rural Australia. July 2008, WIDCORP report 1/08
  • WIDCORP. (2008). Water, regional development & resilience. Exploring the linkages between water reform and the resilience of small business people in drought-affected rural Australia. Summary Report. July 2008, WIDCORP report 1/08
  • 2007
  • WIDCORP. (2007). Identifying farmer typologies, perspectives, and aspirations of the Wimmera Mallee Pipeline. A report prepared for the Department of Primary Industries, Horsham. September 2007.
  • WIDCORP. (2007). Identifying farmer typologies, perspectives, and aspirations of the Wimmera Mallee Pipeline. Summary report. November 2007.
  • Schwarz, I. & McRae-Williams, P. (2007). Adapting to and maximising opportunities from water pipeline projects in dryland regions. A review of literature, WIDCORP report 1/07
  • 2006

  • WIDCORP. (2006). Desk-based review: 20 November 2006. Prepared for The Wimmera-Southern Mallee Drought Report 2007. November 2006.
  • WIDCORP. (2006). Summary of Desk-based review: 20 November 2006. Prepared for The Wimmera-Southern Mallee Drought Report 2007. November 2006.
  • WIDCORP. (2006). The Northern Mallee Pipeline: Exploring community perceptions of its impacts. Full report. November 2006.
  • WIDCORP. (2006). The Northern Mallee Pipeline: Exploring community perceptions of its impacts. Summary report. November 2006.
  • CRIC & WIDCORP. (2006). Hindmarsh Shire Community Attitudes and Aspirations: Perceptions of the Wimmera Malee Pipeline. August 2006.

  • Papers and Conferences

    2008
  • Schwarz, I and McRae-Williams, P (2008). Closing the loop between research and sustainable regional development, published in the proceedings of SEGRA 2008 conference, Albury
  • Lehmann, L (2008). Valuing water in dryland tourism regions, published in the proceedings of the 3rd International Sustainable Tourism Conference, Malta
  • Lehmann, L (2008). Values of water in dryland tourism - abstract, poster presentation published in the proceedings of the Annual UB Research Conference 2008
  • Schwarz, I (2008). Water reform and the resilience of small business people in drought affected agricultural communities - full paper published in the proceedings of the Annual UB Research Conference 2008
  • McBride, D (2008). Geography is by nature is multidisciplinary - abstract published in the proceedings of the Annual UB Research Conference 2008
  • Starks, J (2008). Biodiversity in a wildlife pond - poster presentation Annual UB Research Conference 2008
  • 2007
  • Lehmann, L. (2007). Valuing of water in dryland tourism regions. Proceedings The Knowledge Age, University of Ballarat Annual Research Conference, 7th November 2007, Ballarat.
  • Lehmann, L. (2007). Valuing water in tourism. Ecotourism Australia's 2007 National Conference: Leading Global Challenges 19 - 23 November, 2007 Melbourne.
  • McBride, D. (2007). Decommissioning the channels: Future social and ecological values of ephemeral floodplain wetlands. Confirmation of Candidature research proposal, School of Science and Engineering, University of Ballarat.
  • McBride, D. (2007). From a channel to a piped rural water delivery system: the temporal nature of socio-ecological values of ephemeral floodplain wetland ecotopes. Proceedings The Knowledge Age, University of Ballarat Annual Research Conference, 7th November 2007, Ballarat.
  • McBride, D. (2007). Future of ephemeral wetlands: Yarriambiack/Dunmunkle creek floodplains. Poster presentation, AWA Oz Water conference 2007, Sydney.
  • McRae-Williams, P., Deutsher, M. & Schwarz, I. (2007). Is the pipeline our lifeline? Water reform and sustainability in drought- affected dryland communities of rural Victoria. Proceedings AWA Oz Water conference 2007, Sydney.
  • 2006
  • Deutsher, M. (2006). Poster presentation: Is the pipeline our lifeline? University of Ballarat Research Conference 8th Nov, 2006, Ballarat.
  • McRae-Williams, P. & Lowe, J. (2006). Sustainable Water Supplies and Sustainable Small Towns, in Renewing Country Towns, M. F. Rogers & D. R. Jones (Eds), VURRN Press, University of Ballarat.
  • Schwarz, I. (2006). WIDCORP Knowledge Base: Background paper. WIDCORP report 1/06