Overcompliance in water quality trading programs: Findings from a qualitative case study in North Carolina

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-17

  Hamstead, Zoé A ^a   BenDor, Todd K ^a  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANCE; DISCHARGE; LAND USE CHANGE; NITROGEN CYCLE; POLLUTION CONTROL; POPULATION GROWTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

NEUSE RIVER; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77049100270     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: 14723425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c0887j     Document Type: Article

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