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9 - Epilogue

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2022

Margaret Cook ,
Lionel Frost ,
Andrea Gaynor ,
Jenny Gregory ,
Ruth A. Morgan ,
Martin Shanahan  and
Peter Spearritt
Margaret Cook
Affiliation:
University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Lionel Frost
Affiliation:
Monash University, Victoria
Andrea Gaynor
Affiliation:
University of Western Australia, Perth
Jenny Gregory
Affiliation:
University of Western Australia, Perth
Ruth A. Morgan
Affiliation:
Australian National University, Canberra
Martin Shanahan
Affiliation:
University of South Australia
Peter Spearritt
Affiliation:
University of Queensland
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Summary

The signs of climate change continue to signal themselves through increased weather extremes. These events have major implications for the continued reliable supply of fresh water and safe removal of waste. As the limits to the environment become increasingly obvious and pressing, these constraints will serve as a significant challenge for future generations. In the past 200 years, Australians have learned a great deal about the fragility of their environment and the need to work within its limits – the wisdom of the country's first peoples still has much to teach us in our future responses to change.

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COVID-19climate changeenvironmental limits
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Cities in a Sunburnt Country
Water and the Making of Urban Australia
 , pp. 231 - 240
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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