Can a collaborative focus on solutions improve our capacity to achieve sustainable water management?

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 814-820

  Gawne, Ben ^a,b   Crase, Lin ^b   Watson, Alistair S ^c  

^a MURRAY DARLING FRESHWATER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Freelance Economist   (Australia)

Author keywords

cross disciplinary; environmental flows; policy; research training; restoration

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FRESHWATER; POLICY APPROACH; RESEARCH WORK; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

AUSTRALIA; MURRAY BASIN;

EID: 77955069623     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF09075     Document Type: Article

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