Water markets and their environmental, social and economic impacts in Australia

Water Trading and Global Water Scarcity: International Experiences

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 68-93

  Bjornlund, Henning ^a,b   Wheeler, Sarah ^b   Rossini, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 84908283614     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203084151     Document Type: Chapter

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