Water policy in australia: The impact of change and uncertainty

Policy and Strategic Behaviour in Water Resource Management

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 91-108

  Crase, Lin ^a  

^a La Trobe University’s Albury Wodonga Campus ^*  (Australia)

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EID: 84925713271     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849772211     Document Type: Chapter

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