Decolonising Blue Spaces in the Anthropocene : Freshwater management in Aotearoa New Zealand

This open access book crosses disciplinary boundaries to connect theories of environmental justice with Indigenous people's experiences of freshwater management and governance. It traces the history of one freshwater crisis - the degradation of Aotearoa New Zealand's Waipā River- to the s...

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Main Author: Parsons, Meg (auth)
Other Authors: Fisher, Karen (auth), Crease, Roa Petra (auth)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Springer Nature 2021
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