Water reform in the Murray-Darling Basin

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Connell, Daniel ^a   Grafton, R Quentin ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL LIMITATIONS; FEDERAL SYSTEMS; HUMAN RESOURCES; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN; STATE GOVERNMENTS; WATER ACT; WATER REFORMS;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BASIN MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; POLICY MAKING; REFORM PROCESS; STATE ROLE;

AUSTRALIA; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN;

EID: 79954521494     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR009820     Document Type: Article

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