National climate change policies and sustainable water management: Conflicts and synergies

Ecology and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Pittock, Jamie ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Conservation; Energy; Governments; Policies; Rivers

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; ADAPTATION; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; STAKEHOLDER; STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALIA; BRAZIL; CHINA; INDIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SOUTH AFRICA; TANZANIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79959948215     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-04037-160225     Document Type: Article

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