Policy cost-effectiveness for reducing non-point agricultural groundwater pollution in the UK

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 205-222

  Szoege, Henryk Manteuffel ^a   Crabtree, Bob ^b   Edwards, Tony ^b  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LAND USE; NITRATE LEACHING; NITRATE POLLUTION; NITRATE SENSITIVE AREA;

UK;

EID: 0030432225     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640569612561     Document Type: Article

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