The Sponge City Hypothesis: Does it hold water?

Australian Geographer

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 109-130

  Argent, Neil ^a   Rolley, Fran ^a   Walmsley, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Metaphor; Migration; Regional centre; Sponge city

Indexed keywords

POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MIGRATION; SMALL TOWN; TREND ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION; WATER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; DUBBO; NEW SOUTH WALES; TAMWORTH;

EID: 45749100104     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: 14653311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049180802056807     Document Type: Article

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