Investigating public preferences for managing Lake Champlain using a choice experiment

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 615-623

  Smyth, Robyn L ^a   Watzin, Mary C ^a   Manning, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice experiment; Ecosystem management; Environmental tradeoffs; Management goals; Public preferences

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; COMMERCE; ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; FRUITS; LAND USE; PLANT SHUTDOWNS; PLANTS (BOTANY); WATER POLLUTION;

BEACH CLOSURES; CHOICE EXPERIMENTS; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TRADEOFF; FISH CONSUMPTION; LAKE CHAMPLAIN; MANAGEMENT GOALS; PUBLIC PREFERENCES; WATER CHESTNUT; WATER CLARITY;

LAKES;

PHOSPHORUS;

DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; TRADE-OFF; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ALGA; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EXPERIMENT; FACTORIAL DESIGN; FISH; HUMAN; LAKE; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MANAGER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASHORE; UNITED STATES; WATERSHED;

CANADA; LAKE CHAMPLAIN; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; UNITED STATES; VERMONT;

ALGAE; TRAPA;

EID: 55249111319     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.12.016     Document Type: Article

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