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Multi-Objective Analysis and the Murray-Darling Basin Plan ~ Water Resources Case Study: Ecologically Sustainable Development (“ESD”) ~ A Cornerstone for Conflict Management & Resolution

Developing the Murray-Darling Basin Plan is a classic sustainable development issue for water resources management. The conflict that exists between competing land use interests over Basin Plan ESD outcomes is a feature of public interest environmental conflicts!
The key to manage and resolve this information conflict relates to the appropriateness of the methodology used to achieve ESD outcomes in developing the Basin Plan?

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