Changing cultures of water in eastern Australian backyard gardens

Social and Cultural Geography

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 889-905

  Head, Lesley ^a   Muir, Pat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drought; Gardens; Home; Interview; Suburbs; Water consumption

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; SUBURBAN AREA; WATER PLANNING; WATER STORAGE; WATER USE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY; WOLLONGONG;

EID: 36849067139     PISSN: 14649365     EISSN: 14701197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649360701712651     Document Type: Article

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