Promoting Collective Well-Being as a Means of Defying the Odds: Drought in the Goulburn Valley, Australia

摘要: AbstractThe legacies of drought events include sobering statistics about rural community well-being. Countries such as France, India, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and States America contend with high rates suicide among farmers (Gregoire, 2002). Australian within agricultural sector, heading into in 2006, suggested that a male farmer committed once every 4 days (Page & Fragar, More recent studies state Victoria, approximately 3 weeks during crisis (Guiney, 2012). These are which, while confronting, often tend to gloss over other impacts at farm level. This article will examine impact on farming Goulburn Valley, VIC, Australia along local governments’ responses. By examining evaluating range reports documents written time some different ...