Managing urban water in Australia: The planned and the unplanned

Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 592-568

  England, Philippa ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Consumer behaviour; Demand management; Water; Water supply

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349614398     PISSN: 14777835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777830910981258     Document Type: Article

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