Achieving nutrient water quality goals: Bringing market-like principles to water quality management

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1076-1089

  Shabman, Leonard ^a   Stephenson, Kurt ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Market based policy; Nonpoint source; Nutrients; Point source; Water quality trading

Indexed keywords

MARKETING; NUTRIENTS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

MARKET-BASED POLICY; NONPOINT SOURCE; POINT SOURCE; WATER QUALITY TRADING;

WATER QUALITY;

MARKETING; NUTRIENTS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

MARKET CONDITIONS; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUTRIENT; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

EID: 34547137361     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2007.00089.x     Document Type: Article

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