'Drought-proofing' Regional Australia and the Rhetoric Surrounding Tillegra Dam, NSW

Australian Geographer

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 253-271

  Sherval, Meg ^a   Greenwood, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Discourses; drought proofing; Tillegra Dam; water management

Indexed keywords

DAM CONSTRUCTION; DECISION MAKING; DROUGHT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; STAKEHOLDER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALIA; HUNTER VALLEY; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 84865831771     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: 14653311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049182.2012.706205     Document Type: Article

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