Visiting Fellow
Natural resource and environmental management, particularly water resources.
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E-mail: peter.crabb@anu.edu.au

Career brief

Teaching and research positions held at University of Adelaide, University of Hull, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Macquarie University, and University of NSW (ADFA).

Professional Activities

Established the Association for Canadian Studies in Australia and New Zealand.

Academic Highlights

Northern Telecom Five Continents Award in Canadian Studies, 1989, for services to Canadian Studies.

Selected Publications

“Whither the Murray? Politics and the management of Australia’s water resources”.  Search, 15 (1984), 36-41.

“Managing water resources in interstate river basins”.  Comparative Political Studies: Australia and Canada, edited by M. Alexander and B.J. Galligan.  Pitman Publishing, Melbourne, 1992, pp. 189-206.

“Managing water resources: seeking unity in the interests of diversity”.  Conserving Biodiversity: threats and solutions, edited by R.A. Bradstock et al.  Surrey Beattie, Chipping Norton, 1995, pp. 162-173.

Murray-Darling Basin Resources.  Murray-Darling Basin Commission, Canberra, 1997, 300 pp.

“Straddling boundaries: inter-governmental arrangements for managing natural resources”.  Managing Australia’s Environment, edited by S. Dovers and S. Wild River.  Federation Press, Sydney, 2003, pp. 229-254.

Managing the Australian Alps: a history of cooperative management of the Australian Alps national parks.  Australian Alps Liaison Committee/CRES, ANU, Canberra, 2003.  156 pp.

“The Darling River: coping with the pressures of change?”  The Darling, edited by R. Breckwoldt et al.  Murray-Darling Basin Commission, Canberra, 2004, 408-433, 472-473.

“Managing natural resources across jurisdictions: lessons from the Australian Alps”.  Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, 14(2007), 210-219.  With S. Dovers.