Managing urban water crises: Adaptive policy responses to drought and flood in Southeast Queensland, Australia

Ecology and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Head, Brian W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Policy learning; Regional resilience; Urban water crisis; Water governance; Water policy

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; POLICY APPROACH; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84903720972     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-06414-190233     Document Type: Article

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