Publicly-provided information in environmental management: Incorporating groundwater quality goals into herbicide treatment recommendations

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 239-248

  Liu, W ^a   Moffitt, L J ^b   Lee, L K ^c   Bhowmik, P C ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater quality; Herbicide; Public information

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FARMS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WEED CONTROL;

ECONOMIC INCENTIVE; EMISSION TAXES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; HERBICIDE TREATMENT; POLICY TOOLS; PUBLIC INFORMATION; QUALITY GOALS; TRADE-OFF RELATIONSHIP;

HERBICIDES;

GROUND WATER; HERBICIDE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HERBICIDE; PEST CONTROL; POLLUTION CONTROL;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; POLICY; TAX; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0033117515     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jema.1999.0259     Document Type: Article

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