Albany Waterways Resource Book: Managing waterways

Contents

8.1 The evolution of waterways management in Western Australia

The need for management
Early attempts at management
The Waterways Conservation Act 1976 and the waterways management authorities
Waterways Commission programmes
Water and Rivers Commission

8.2 Waterways management principles

What is the basis of management?
A management vision
The tenets of waterways management

8.3 Integrated catchment management

What is ICM?
What makes ICM work?
Why ICM ?
Catchment coordinating groups
ICM and waterways management
Rural ICM
Urban ICM
The role of State Government agencies
The role of local government
The role of the community

8.4 Statutory environmental and planning mechanisms

Resource management
Environmental protection policies
State Planning Strategy
Environmental Impact Assessment and development control
Planning controls
Waterways management planning
Waterways regulation
Fisheries regulation

8.5 Management of the Albany waterways

Before AWMA: establishing a management authority
AWMA management area
AWMA's role, powers and activities
Other management agencies and groups
Catchment and waterway management
Visions for the future