The role of civic structure in achieving performance-based watershed management

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 751-766

  Morton, Lois Wright ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Civic structure; Non pointsource pollution; Performance based; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LAND USE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

EID: 53549105277     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920701648846     Document Type: Article

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