"A beautiful soaking rain": Environmental value and water beyond Eurocentrism

Environment and Planning D: Society and Space

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 363-378

  Gibbs, Leah M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MARGINALIZATION; NATURAL RESOURCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; VALUATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; LAKE EYRE BASIN; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77950348199     PISSN: 02637758     EISSN: 14723433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/d9207     Document Type: Article

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