Adaptation to climate change in regional Australia: A decision-making framework for modelling policy for rural production

Geography Compass

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 335-354

  Sposito, Victor ^a   Benke, Kurt ^a   Pelizaro, Claudia ^a   Wyatt, Ray ^b  

^a Parkville Centre   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE EFFECT; CROPPING PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; FARMING SYSTEM; LAND USE; MODELING; RAINFALL; RURAL AREA; RURAL POLICY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 77957149636     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2009.00307.x     Document Type: Review

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