Perceived costs versus benefits of meeting the Kyoto target for greenhouse gas emission reduction: The Australian perspective

Environmental and Planning Law Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-62

  Cusack, Vincent ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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