Getting to better water quality outcomes: The promise and challenge of the citizen effect

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 83-94

  Morton, Lois Wright ^a   Weng, Chih Yuan ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizen effect; Civic structure; Conservation practices; Farmers' perceptions; Water quality; Watershed problem solving

Indexed keywords

EID: 59649116592     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-008-9175-4     Document Type: Article

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