Evaluating policy options for managing diffuse source water quality in Lake Taupo, New Zealand

Environmentalist

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 348-359

  Connor, Jeffrey D ^a   MacDonald, Darla Hatton ^a   Morrison, Mark ^b   Cast, Andrea ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Market based instrument; New Zealand; Policy; Water quality

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLICY ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER QUALITY;

LAKE TAUPO; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WAIKATO;

EID: 77649336642     PISSN: 02511088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10669-008-9197-x     Document Type: Article

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