Small dams safety issues - Engineering/policy models and community responses from Australia

Water Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-95

  Pisaniello, John D ^a   Zhifang, Wu ^b   McKay, Jennifer M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Australia; China; Community responses; Engineering flood model; Policy lessons; Small dams safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 31744450898     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2005.024     Document Type: Article

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