Experiencing 'drought and more': Local responses from rural Victoria, Australia

Population and Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 347-364

  Sherval, Meg ^a,b   Askew, Louise E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Australia; Climate change; Drought; Government policy; Situated knowledge

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; DROUGHT; FUTURE PROSPECT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLICY APPROACH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; RURAL PLANNING;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84861230182     PISSN: 01990039     EISSN: 15737810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11111-011-0149-x     Document Type: Article

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