Systemic constraints to ecological well-being: The case of the 1985 food security act

Rural Sociology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 133-157

  Glenna, Leland L ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EROSION CONTROL; SOIL EROSION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033066174     PISSN: 00360112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1549-0831.1999.tb00008.x     Document Type: Article

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