Land use characteristics and water quality: A methodology for valuing of forested buffers

Environmental Management

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 153-161

  Basnyat, Prakash ^a   Teeter, Lawrence ^a   Lockaby, B Graeme ^a   Flynn, Kathryn M ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contributing zone; Economic model; Replacement cost; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; NITRATE;

LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; SOIL; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033922583     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002670010078     Document Type: Article

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