Rebecca Nelson

Challenges to Improved Integrated Management of the Murray-Darling Basin

Rebecca Nelson

Book Chapter  |  2021

Integrating the consideration of interconnected elements of the environment - for present purposes, water, land, and biodiversity ..

Groundwater Resources in Australia - Their Occurrence, Management, and Future Challenges

Steve Barnett, Craig T Simmons, Rebecca Nelson

Book Chapter  |  2021

Although Australia lies across several climate zones ranging from tropical in the north to temperate in the south, an arid climate..

The Evolution of Groundwater Management Policy in the States of Australia

Rebecca Nelson, Steve Barnett, A Kollmorgen

Book Chapter  |  2020

The isolated British colonies in Australia formed strongly independent jurisdictions that initiated management of their own resour..

Shield Science for Robust Decisions

Erin O'Donnell, Rebecca Nelson

Journal article  |  2020  |  Nature Sustainability

In a democratic society, science cannot necessarily tell us exactly what we should do, but it can very clearly lay out the consequ..

How to Beat Isolation? Feedback Groups Fit the Bill, and Promote growth as Scholars and Humans

AR Siders, Cassandra M Brooks, Amanda E Cravens, Rebecca Nelson, Dan R Reineman, Nicola Ulibarri

Journal article  |  2020  |  Nature

We are an interdisciplinary group of scientists who have met online each week over the past eight years to provide one another wit..

Breaking Backs and Boiling Frogs: Warnings from a Dialogue between Federal Water Law and Environmental Law

Rebecca Nelson

Journal article  |  2019  |  University of New South Wales Law Journal

Law has long struggled to address cumulative environmental threats, as activities interact and aggregate to cause larger problems,..

Water Data and the Legitimacy Deficit: A Regulatory Review and Nationwide Survey of Challenges Considering Cumulative Environmental Effects of Coal and Coal Seam Gas Developments

Rebecca Nelson

Journal article  |  2019  |  Australasian Journal of Water Resources

Environmental water management in relation to groundwater occurs mainly by controlling groundwater withdrawals under water and env..

Big Time: An Empirical Analysis of Regulating the Cumulative Environmental Effects of Coal Seam Gas Extraction under Australian Federal Environmental Law

Rebecca Nelson

Journal article  |  2019  |  Environmental and Planning Law Journal

The cumulative environmental effects of coal seam gas (CSG) extraction are a notable challenge in regulating the transition to a m..

More Joules per Drop - How Much Water Does Unconventional Gas Use Compared to Other Energy Sources and What Are the Legal Implications?

Wendy Timms, Sudeep Nair, Rebecca Nelson

Journal article  |  2019  |  Environmental and Planning Law Journal

Water is critical to energy security. This article compares “joules per drop”, or the equivalent joules of energy per litre of wat..

Sick City Streams: New Approaches to Legal Treatments

Rebecca Nelson

Journal article  |  2019  |  MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW

The ecological condition of many urban waterways in Australia is poor and declining. A key driver for the decline is excess urban ..