Socio-hydrologic drivers of the pendulum swing between agricultural development and environmental health: A case study from Murrumbidgee River basin, Australia

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1027-1041

  Kandasamy, J ^a   Sounthararajah, D ^a   Sivabalan, P ^a   Chanan, A ^b   Vigneswaran, S ^a   Sivapalan, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b State Water Corporation   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; WATERSHEDS;

ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS; RIPARIAN ENVIRONMENTS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC BENEFITS; TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTION;

PENDULUMS;

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD PRODUCTION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RIVER BASIN; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

AUSTRALIA; MURRUMBIDGEE BASIN; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 84898457934     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-18-1027-2014     Document Type: Article

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