Exploring the Relationship Between Community Resilience & Irrigated Agriculture in the MDB:

Judith Stubbs Final report
Social and Economic Impacts of Reduced Irrigation Water

This report builds on and applies the first three stages of the study, Exploring the Relationship
Between Community Resilience & Irrigated Agriculture in the MDB,1 to address the following research
questions:
• What are likely to be the social and economic impacts of changes in agricultural
production due to permanent reductions in irrigation water for different types of
communities at different geographic scales?
• What factors are likely to mitigate or exacerbate impacts arising from a permanent
reduction in irrigation water?
• How might communities be assisted to respond to such changes?

The report includes case studies for the following communities

1: Balonne Shire, QLD Case Study
2: Bourke Shire, NSW Case Study
3 : Campaspe Case Study
4: Dalby-Wambo QLD Case Study
5: Griffith, NSW Case Study
6: Mildura Rural City Case Study
7: Moree Plains, NSW Case Study
8: City of Murray Bridge, SA Case Study