Stormwater management in the rural new york headwater areas of the chesapeake bay watershed

Journal of Water Law

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 6-18

  Hoang, Yen ^a   Porter, Keith ^a  

^a MIT Sloan School of Management   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; EROSION CONTROL; FLOOD; HEADWATER; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LEGAL SYSTEM; METROPOLITAN AREA; MITIGATION; ROAD; RURAL LANDSCAPE; STORMWATER; SURFACE WATER; URBAN DRAINAGE; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78651278016     PISSN: 14785277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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89. Matt Savoie, 2009 J.D. Candidate, Cornell 2007 Water Law Clinic contributed research for this section.
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