Transition to a water-cycle city: risk perceptions and receptivity of Australian urban water practitioners

Urban Water Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 427-443

  Dobbie, Meredith Frances ^a   Brookes, Katie Louise ^a   Brown, Rebekah Ruth ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

receptivity; risk perception; sustainable urban water management; water practitioners

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; COMMUNICATION; RISK PERCEPTION; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; WATER INDUSTRY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84901691164     PISSN: 1573062X     EISSN: 17449006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1573062X.2013.795235     Document Type: Article

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