Measuring ppm with tennis shoes: Science and locally meaningful indicators of environmental quality

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 589-597

  Gasteyer, Stephen ^a   Flora, Cornelia Butler ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community action; Environmental indicators; Local indicators; Local knowledge; Sustainability; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; KNOWLEDGE; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033833962     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920050114637     Document Type: Article

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