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A Decade of Disaster Experiences in Ōtautahi ChristchurchEvery Last Drop: The Freshwater “Disaster” in Canterbury

A Decade of Disaster Experiences in Ōtautahi Christchurch: Every Last Drop: The Freshwater... [For the people of Ōtautahi Christchurch and Canterbury more generally, the 2010s will be remembered for a series of spectacular disasters that devastated the region. At the same time, and amid a growing national debate concerning ownership of and access to freshwater, the region was also devastated by another, less spectacular, disaster associated with the rapid conversion of agricultural land from sheep to dairy and the ongoing and systematic degradation of the region’s freshwater commons that has followed. This chapter examines the unfolding ecological and public health catastrophe affecting the freshwater commons in the Canterbury region and argues that increasingly intensive agriculture and the relentless drive for profits from the land has compounded the devastating impacts of a decade of disasters.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Decade of Disaster Experiences in Ōtautahi ChristchurchEvery Last Drop: The Freshwater “Disaster” in Canterbury

Editors: Uekusa, Shinya; Matthewman, Steve; Glavovic, Bruce C.

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Publisher
Springer Nature Singapore
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022
ISBN
978-981-16-6862-3
Pages
143 –163
DOI
10.1007/978-981-16-6863-0_7
Publisher site
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Abstract

[For the people of Ōtautahi Christchurch and Canterbury more generally, the 2010s will be remembered for a series of spectacular disasters that devastated the region. At the same time, and amid a growing national debate concerning ownership of and access to freshwater, the region was also devastated by another, less spectacular, disaster associated with the rapid conversion of agricultural land from sheep to dairy and the ongoing and systematic degradation of the region’s freshwater commons that has followed. This chapter examines the unfolding ecological and public health catastrophe affecting the freshwater commons in the Canterbury region and argues that increasingly intensive agriculture and the relentless drive for profits from the land has compounded the devastating impacts of a decade of disasters.]

Published: Feb 13, 2022

Keywords: Agricultural intensification; Deregulation; Dirty daily; Environmental disaster; Freshwater pollution; Neoliberalism; Slow onset disasters

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