Education campaigns to reduce stormwater pollution in commercial areas: Do they work?

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 323-335

  Taylor, André ^a   Curnow, Rob ^b   Fletcher, Tim ^a   Lewis, Justin ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Community Change Pty Ltd ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavioral change; Monitoring; Non structural best management practices (BMPs); Stormwater management

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; STORM SEWERS;

BEHAVIORAL CHANGES; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTISE; EVALUATION PROGRAM; MONITORING AND EVALUATIONS; MONITORING PROGRAMMES; NON-STRUCTURAL; NON-STRUCTURAL BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; STORMWATER MANAGEMENTS; STORMWATER POLLUTION; STORMWATERS;

STORMS;

STORM WATER;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; GUIDELINE; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; POLLUTION CONTROL; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; STORMWATER;

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SELF REPORT; THEORETICAL STUDY; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

EID: 34247549372     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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