Australian Economic Development and the Environment: Conflict or Synergy

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dc.contributor.authorBennett, Jeffrey
dc.contributor.authorGillespie, Robert
dc.contributor.authorDumsday, Rob
dc.coverage.spatialCanberra Australia
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-01T00:25:38Z
dc.date.createdFebruary 6-9 2008
dc.date.issued2008
dc.date.updated2020-11-15T07:21:56Z
dc.description.abstractThe populist view of economic development and the environment is that advances in one will necessarily result in a decline in the other. Evidence in the Australian context is that the dual goals can be achieved simultaneously. As economic development progresses, the increasing levels of income stimulate greater demand for environmental improvements. The population engages in more environmentally focused consumption and calls for its governments to introduce more policies designed to rehabilitate and protect environmental assets. Concurrently, the increasing levels of wealth allow for increasing expenditure on research and development into production processes that generate greater productivity and less environmental damage. The Australian agricultural sector provides numerous examples of concurrent improvements in productivity and environmental condition. Zero tillage broad acre grain cultivation practices have led to lower rates of soil erosion and have enriched soil biota while delivering higher productivity. Similarly, the introduction of integrated pest management, including the planting of pest and herbicide tolerant species, has improved water quality in cotton growing areas. A key implication from this analysis is that policies to improve environmental conditions should not be focused on stifling economic growth. Rather, governments should strive for policies that will encourage economic growth – such as the installation of property rights that are both well defined and defended. Concurrently, policies specifically designed to deal with potential environmental problems should be enacted. For instance, the establishment of property rights to water and the setting aside of allocations for environmental flows will encourage both economic development and environmental protection.en_AU
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/224545
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.publisherThe Australian National Universityen_AU
dc.relation.ispartofseries52nd Annual Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, 2008en_AU
dc.rights© 2008 The Author(s)en_AU
dc.sourceProceedings of the 52nd Annual Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Societyen_AU
dc.subjecteconomic developmenten_AU
dc.subjectenvironmental protectionen_AU
dc.subjectagricultureen_AU
dc.subjectpolicyen_AU
dc.titleAustralian Economic Development and the Environment: Conflict or Synergyen_AU
dc.typeConference paperen_AU
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access via publisher websiteen_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage14en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage1en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationBennett, Jeffrey, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationGillespie, Robert, Gillespie Economicsen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationDumsday, Rob, DCA Economicsen_AU
local.contributor.authoremailu9907243@anu.edu.auen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidBennett, Jeffrey, u9907243en_AU
local.description.embargo2099-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIESen_AU
local.description.refereedYes
local.identifier.absfor140205 - Environment and Resource Economicsen_AU
local.identifier.absseo960799 - Environmental Policy, Legislation and Standards not elsewhere classifieden_AU
local.identifier.ariespublicationu4039210xPUB140en_AU
local.identifier.doi10.22004/ag.econ.6040en_AU
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu4039210en_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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