Planning for the Murray-Darling Basin: Lessons from transboundary basins around the world

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 123-136

  Sullivan, Caroline A ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive water management; Catchment management; Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM); Murray Darling Basin; Transboundary river basins; Water conflict

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENTS; GROUNDWATER; LAKES; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

ADAPTIVE WATER MANAGEMENTS; CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT; INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN; TRANS-BOUNDARY RIVERS; WATER CONFLICT;

RIVERS;

BASIN MANAGEMENT; CATCHMENT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; RIVER BASIN; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

ADELAIDE; AUSTRALIA; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84889097685     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: 14363259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-013-0789-8     Document Type: Article

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