Irrigators and the new policy paradigm - An Australian case study

Water Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 581-595

  Bjornlund, Henning ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Australia; Environmental flow; Water markets; Water policy reform; Water trading

Indexed keywords

EID: 28944433916     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2005.0035     Document Type: Article

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