The water crisis facing Australia

International Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 721-729

  Sandeman, John ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Emissions trading; Government policies; Irrigation; Ramsar wetlands

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL REGIONS; AUSTRALIA; EMISSIONS TRADING; FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS; FUTURE CLIMATES; GOVERNMENT POLICIES; RAMSAR WETLANDS; WATER CRISIS; WEATHER PATTERNS;

AIR QUALITY; CLIMATOLOGY; COMMERCE; DROUGHT; IRRIGATION; PUBLIC POLICY; WETLANDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 58149129434     PISSN: 00207233     EISSN: 10290400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207230802608319     Document Type: Article

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