Newspaper coverage of water issues in Australia

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 6497-6507

  Hurlimann, Anna ^a   Dolnicar, Sara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Information; Mass media; Newspapers; Public; Water

Indexed keywords

NEWSPRINT; SOCIAL ASPECTS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RECYCLING; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALIA; INFORMATION; MANAGEMENT PROJECTS; MASS MEDIA; NEWSPAPER; PUBLIC; PUBLIC DEBATE; PUBLIC OPINIONS; RECYCLING PLANT; WATER SUPPLY MANAGEMENT;

WATER CONSERVATION;

EID: 84868302306     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.09.028     Document Type: Article

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