Resilience to climate change impacts: A review of flood mitigation policy in Queensland, Australia

Australian Journal of Emergency Management

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 8-17

  Thomas, Melanie ^a   King, David ^a   Keogh, Diane U ^b   Apan, Armando ^c   Mushtaq, Shahbaz ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 79952067228     PISSN: 13241540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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