Consumers' Perspectives on Water Issues: Directions for Educational Campaigns

Journal of Environmental Education

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 28-35

  Delorme, Denise E ^a   Hagen, Scott C ^b   Stout, I Jack ^c  

^a Department of Journalism   (United States)

^b Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Focus groups; Population growth; Social marketing; Water resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847679854     PISSN: 00958964     EISSN: 19401892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00958960309603497     Document Type: Article

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