Australia's national drought policy: Aims, analyses and implementation

Water International

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 2-9

  White, David H ^a   Karssies, Linda ^b  

^a ASIT Consulting   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agricultural planning; Australia; Climate variability; Drought assessment and policy; El Ni o; Remote sensing; Risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002433946     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508069908692128     Document Type: Article

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