Aboriginal access to water in Australia: Opportunities and constraints

Water Resources Planning and Management

Volumn 9780521762588, Issue , 2011, Pages 601-628

  Jackson, Sue ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS;

ABORIGINAL PEOPLES; BELIEF SYSTEMS; ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE; HIGH COURTS; INLAND WATERS; LEGAL RIGHTS; WATER BASED;

WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 81555198274     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511974304.031     Document Type: Chapter

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