Fairness and justice in Indigenous water allocations: Insights from Northern Australia

Water Policy

Volumn 16, Issue , 2014, Pages 19-35

  Nikolakis, William ^a   Grafton, R Quentin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fairness; Indigenous peoples; Negotiation; Northern Australia; Participatory action research; Water allocations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919969132     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2014.206     Document Type: Article

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