The 'viability' and resilience of communities and settlements in desert Australia

Rangeland Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 123-135

  Smith, Mark Stafford ^a,b   Moran, Mark ^b,c   Seemann, Kurt ^b,d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre   (Australia)

^c Centre for Appropriate Technology   (Australia)

^d SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Desert Australia; Indigenous futures; Policy; Service delivery; Sustainable livelihoods

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549088674     PISSN: 10369872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RJ07048     Document Type: Article

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