Drought and water policy in Australia: Challenges for the future illustrated by the issues associated with water trading and climate change adaptation in the Murray-Darling Basin

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1615-1626

  Kiem, Anthony S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Barriers; Climate variability; Disconnect; Limits; Uncertainty; Water trading

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DROUGHT STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GREENHOUSE GAS; POLICY MAKING; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; WATER ECONOMICS;

AUSTRALIA; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN;

EID: 84889093639     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.09.006     Document Type: Article

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