Contemporary western rural USA economic composition: Potential implications for environmental policy and research

Environmental Management

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 371-381

  Bennett, Keith ^a   Mcbeth, Mark K ^b  

^a United States Department of Interior   (United States)

^b IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic composition; Environmental policy; Rural

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; NATURAL RESOURCES; PUBLIC POLICY;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; RURAL ECONOMY;

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; POLICY; RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES;

USA, IDAHO;

EID: 0032080078     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002679900112     Document Type: Article

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