Legislating for adequate public participation in allocating water in Australia

Water International

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 12-22

  Tan, Poh Ling ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allocation and management; Australia; Public participation; Water law; Water plans

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646269709     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060608691910     Document Type: Article

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