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Prof

Michael Webber

Honorary
Geography
social sciences
science & technology
china
life sciences & biomedicine
environmental sciences & ecology
geography
environmental sciences
environmental studies
physical sciences
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Prof

Michael Webber

 
Division
Science
 
Primary Interest
Water and environmental management in China
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Projects

Displaying the 6 most recent projects by Michael Webber.

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The Technopolitics of China's South - North Water Transfer Project

This project aims to investigate the motives, processes, and socio-political and hydrological consequences of the South-North Water Transfer..

2017 - 2021
Active
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THE REALITY OF CHINA'S SOCIALIST MARKET ECONOMY - THE EMERGENCE OF LABOUR SEGMENTATION AND INEQUALITY

Australia's current regional and economic security is predicated on China's stability and prosperity. This project provides a unique opportu..

2012 - 2015
Completed
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Adapting to climate, management and policy driven risks to freshwater supply in Shanghai

This project aims to identify the multiple drivers of risk to freshwater supply in Shanghai, opportunities for adaptation to sustain that su..

2011 - 2015
Completed
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RURAL ADJUSTMENT OR STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION? DISCOVERING THE DESTINATIONS OF EXITING FARM FAMILIES

The findings of this research will assist local, State and Federal governments to intervene effectively in processes of regional and rural s..

2010 - 2015
Completed
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The geography of labour market dynamics: Competition between new migrants and laid-off workers in China's urban labour markets

The project proposes contributions: 1 To our knowledge of our region, especially of sources of conflict within China, and how Chinese labour..

2008 - 2012
Completed
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Implications of emerging forms of labour management in transitional economies for households livelihood strategies: China & Vietnam

This project aims to (1) investigate institutional changes to labour management during the economic transitions of China and Vietnam and (2)..

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Project Types

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Research Grant

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Research Contracts

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works by Michael Webber.

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Extending the China water machine: Constructing a dam export industry

Xiao Han, Michael Webber

Journal article  |  2020  |  Geoforum

The world has witnessed a recent increase of Chinese involvement in foreign dam building, frequently interpreting it as a result o..

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Assembling dams in Ghana: A genealogical inquiry into the fluidity of hydropolitics

Xiao Han, Michael Webber

Journal article  |  2020  |  Political Geography

The paper offers a geographical interpretation of the evolving technical, political, and economic intricacy of large dams. It inco..

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From Chinese dam building in Africa to the Belt and Road Initiative: Assembling infrastructure projects and their linkages

X Han, M Webber

Journal article  |  2020  |  Political Geography

This paper aims to build a political economic geography of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). We draw on assemblage thinking and ..

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Is Trust Always a Precondition for Effective Water Resource Management?

Nahui Zhen, Jon Barnett, Michael Webber

Journal article  |  2020  |  Water Resources Management

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Between Project and Region: The Challenges of Managing Water in Shandong Province After the South-North Water Transfer Project

Dan Chen, Zhaohui Luo, Michael Webber, Sarah Rogers, Ian Rutherfurd, Mark Wang, Brian Finlayson, Min Jiang, Chenchen Shi, Wenjing Zhang

Journal article  |  2020  |  Water Alternatives

This paper examines the challenges that a region of China is facing as it seeks to integrate a centrally planned, hierarchically d..

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Beyond contradiction: The state and the market in contemporary Chinese water governance

M Jiang, M Webber, J Barnett, S Rogers, I Rutherfurd, M Wang, B Finlayson

Journal article  |  2020  |  Geoforum

State/market interactions in water governance have long been interpreted in terms of the contradiction between water as a commons ..

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An integrated assessment of China's South-North Water Transfer Project

Sarah Rogers, Dan Chen, Hong Jiang, Ian Rutherfurd, Mark Wang, Michael Webber, Britt Crow-Miller, Jon Barnett, Brian Finlayson, Min Jiang, Chenchen Shi, Wenjing Zhang

Journal article  |  2020  |  Geographical Research

China’s South–NorthWater Transfer Project (SNWTP) is a vast and still expanding network of infrastructure and institutions that mo..

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Trust and the risk of consuming polluted water in Shanghai, China

Nahui Zhen, Jon Barnett, Michael Webber

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Risk Research

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Using incentives to coordinate responses to a system of payments for watershed services: The middle route of South-North Water Transfer Project, China

Jichuan Sheng, Michael Webber

Journal article  |  2018  |  Ecosystem Services

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The Dynamics of Trust in the Shanghai Water Supply Regime

Nahui Zhen, Jon Barnett, Michael Webber

Journal article  |  2018  |  Environmental Management

Trust in natural resource managers and planners is recognized as a crucial component of the public’s perception of environmental r..

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Human Geography
Expanding Knowledge
Applied Economics
Business and Management
Non-Oriented Research
Microeconomic Issues
Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience
Environmental Sciences
Political Science
Environmental Science and Management

Honours, Awards and Fellowships

1990

FASSA - Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia

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Credentials

Positions

Honorary

Geography

Member

Institute of Australian Geographers

Member

Association of American Geographers

Education

Bachelor of Arts

University of Cambridge

Doctor of Philosophy

The Australian National University