Effect of climate change on Australian rural and remote regions: What do we know and what do we need to know?

  1. Peng Bi1,*,
  2. Kevin A. Parton2

Article first published online: 7 JAN 2008

DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2007.00945.x

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Australian Journal of Rural Health

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volume 16, Issue 1, pages 2–4, February 2008

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Bi, P. and Parton, K. A. (2008), Effect of climate change on Australian rural and remote regions: What do we know and what do we need to know?. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 16: 2–4. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2007.00945.x

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Public Health, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, and

  2. 2

    School of Rural Management, Charles Sturt University, Orange, New South Wales, Australia

*Dr Peng Bi, Department of Public Health, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia. Email: peng.bi@adelaide.edu.au

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 7 JAN 2008
  2. Article first published online: 7 JAN 2008
  3. Accepted for publication 13 November 2007.

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Keywords:

  • Agricultural activity;
  • population health;
  • socioeconomic development;
  • adaptation;
  • mitigation

Abstract

This paper addresses a very important issue in Australian rural and remote regions: the effects of climate change on various aspects including natural resources, agricultural activity, population health, and social and economic development. The objective is to briefly characterise the consequences of climate change in rural Australia and what we can do to prevent further impact in our rural communities.

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