Keeping matter in its place: pollution regulation and the reconfiguring of farmers and farming

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1165-1178

  Ward, N ^a   Clark, J ^b   Lowe, P ^a   Seymour, S ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; PESTICIDES; POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER POLLUTION;

ENGLAND; UK; WALES;

EID: 0031685593     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a301165     Document Type: Article

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