Public perceptions regarding water quality and attitudes toward water conservation in the Lower Fraser Basin

Water Resources Research

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1299-1306

  McDaniels, Timothy L ^a   Axelrod, Lawrence J ^a   Cavanagh, Nigel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; CONSVERATION; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDES; PUBLIC PERCEPTION; WATER QUALITY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; LOWER FRASER BASIN;

WATER QUALITY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES; PUBLIC ATTITUDES; PUBLIC PERCEPTION; TECHNICAL STUDY; WATERBODIES; WRITTEN SURVEYS;

WATER CONSERVATION;

EID: 0031961536     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98WR00436     Document Type: Article

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