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Research Articles

Mortality awareness and water decisions: a social psychological analysis of supply-management, demand-management and soft-path paradigms

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Pages 1-17 | Received 10 Sep 2015, Accepted 08 Oct 2016, Published online: 31 Oct 2016

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