An application of qualitative risk assessment in park management

Australasian Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 6-15

  Carey, Janet M ^a   Burgman, Mark A ^a   Miller, Cameron ^b   Chee, Yung En ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Parks Victoria ^*  (Australia)

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EID: 84893117552     PISSN: 14486563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14486563.2005.10648629     Document Type: Article

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