An intersectoral comparison of Australian water reforms

Water Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-56

  Crase, Lin ^a   Dollery, Brian ^b   Byrnes, Joel ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Urban water demand management; Water markets; Water reform; Water sensitive urban design

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949087863     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2007.031     Document Type: Article

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