Science tools to inform regional investment decisions - More than 'toys for the boys'?

18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM09 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation: Interfacing Modelling and Simulation with Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 95-101

  Roberts, Anna M ^a,b   Pannell, David J ^b,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Applied science; Catchment management; Integration; Policy; Simplicity

Indexed keywords

APPLIED SCIENCE; AUSTRALIA; CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKERS; EASE OF USE; ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS; INFORMATION BASE; INFORMATION SOURCES; INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS; INTEGRATED TOOLS; INVESTMENT DECISION MAKING; INVESTMENT DECISIONS; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RESEARCH CULTURE; SCIENCE TOOLS; SIMPLICITY; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTOR; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; TARGET AUDIENCE; TECHNICAL CAPACITY;

CATCHMENTS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUBLIC POLICY; RUNOFF; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TOY MANUFACTURE;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 80053017669     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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