Dam safety management for sustainable farming businesses and catchments

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 507-516

  Pisaniello, John D ^a   Burritt, Roger L ^a   Tingey Holyoak, Joanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Case studies; Farm dams; Policy benchmarks; Regulatory mix design model; Safety accounting costs; Spillway engineering

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS APPROACH; AUSTRALIA; BEST-PRACTICES; CASE ANALYSIS; CASE STUDIES; COMMON LAW; DAM FAILURE; DAM SAFETY; DAM WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS; HISTORICAL REVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIX DESIGNS; POLICY BENCHMARKS; POLICY ISSUES; POLICY SELECTION; RESEARCH RESULTS; SAFETY ACCOUNTING COSTS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; SUSTAINABLE FARMING;

CATCHMENTS; COST ACCOUNTING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; DESIGN; FARMS; RESEARCH; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SPILLWAYS;

DAMS;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BENCHMARKING; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DAM FAILURE; DAM REPAIR; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GUIDELINE; LEADERSHIP; SPILLWAY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER STORAGE;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

EID: 78651442108     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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