Protecting watershed ecosystems through targeted local land use policies

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 684-700

  Langpap, Christian ^a   Hascic, Ivan ^b   Wu, JunJie ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OECD   (France)

Author keywords

Land use; Targeted policy; Water pollution; Water quality; Watershed ecosystems

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DEGRADATION; ECONOMETRICS; LAND USE CHANGE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

EID: 45449112611     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2008.01145.x     Document Type: Article

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