Culture, climate change and farm-level groundwater management: An Australian case study

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 536, Issue , 2016, Pages 284-292

  Sanderson, Matthew R ^a,b   Curtis, Allen L ^c  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Climate; Culture; Farm; Management; Water

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CELL CULTURE; CLIMATE MODELS; FARMS; GROUNDWATER; MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; WATER; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE; COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS; CONSERVATION PRACTICES; CULTURE ENVIRONMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL ATTITUDES; GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTATION; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; FARM; GROUNDWATER; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN;

EID: 84960490374     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.02.032     Document Type: Article

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