Historical development of water resources in Australia: Irrigation policy in the Murray-Darling Basin

Water Policy in Australia: The Impact of Change and Uncertainty

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 28-43

  Musgrave, Warren ^a  

^a Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society   (Australia)

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EID: 84920866139     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781936331420     Document Type: Chapter

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