The sustainable management of industrial watercourses: An english historical perspective

Environmental History

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1997, Pages

  Sheail, John ^a,b,c  

^a Institute of Terrestrial Ecology

^b Research Station   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENT HISTORY; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; ORGANISATIONAL ROLE; POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER MANAGEMENT;

UK, ENGLAND, LANCASHIRE; UK, ENGLAND, NORTH YORKSHIRE, WEST RIDING;

EID: 5644221454     PISSN: 10845453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3985508     Document Type: Article

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