Irrigation, Salinity, and Rural Communities in Australia's Murray-Darling Basin, 1945–2020

Daniel Rothenburg is Scientific Coordinator and Research Associate at the Collaborative Research Center 923 “Threatened Order”, University of Tübingen, Germany.

• 1. Introduction .- 2. History, Geography, and Geology .- 3. Antecedents .- 4. The Dialectic of Environmental Security (1945–1976) .- 5. A Time of Crisis (1976–1982) .- 7. Community Activism (1966–1988) .- 8. A New World (1979–1994) .- 9. Under Control? (1988–2017) .- 10. Conclusion.