Does decentralization matter in environmental management?

Environmental Management

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 263-276

  Smith, James Fielding ^a  

^a Virginia Dept of Environ Quality   (United States)

Author keywords

Compliance; Decentralization; Efficiency; NPDES; Outcome; Unit cost analysis

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; PUBLIC POLICY;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

DECENTRALISATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; METHODOLGY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

USA;

EID: 0032032183     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002679900102     Document Type: Article

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