Australia is 'free to choose' economic growth and falling environmental pressures

Nature

Volumn 527, Issue 7576, 2015, Pages 49-53

  Hatfield Dodds, Steve ^a   Schandl, Heinz ^a   Adams, Philip D ^b   Baynes, Timothy M ^a   Brinsmead, Thomas S ^a   Bryan, Brett A ^a   Chiew, Francis H S ^a   Graham, Paul W ^a   Grundy, Mike ^a   Harwood, Tom ^a   McCallum, Rebecca ^a   McCrea, Rod ^a   McKellar, Lisa E ^a   Newth, David ^a   Nolan, Martin ^a   Prosser, Ian ^a,c   Wonhas, Alex ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; LAND USE CHANGE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMATION; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURE; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; WELLBEING; CATERING SERVICE; ECONOMICS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRENDS; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALIA;

AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOOD SUPPLY; MODELS, ECONOMIC; POLICY MAKING; POLITICS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84946578391     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature16065     Document Type: Article

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