Understanding stewardship behaviour: Factors facilitating and constraining private water well stewardship

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1104-1114

  Kreutzwiser, Reid ^a   De Loë, Rob ^b   Imgrund, Krystian ^b   Conboy, Mary Jane ^c   Simpson, Hugh ^d   Plummer, Ryan ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c Well Wise Resource Centre   (Canada)

^d FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS   (Canada)

^e BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f STOCKHOLM RESILIENCE CENTRE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Groundwater contamination; Private wells; Source water protection; Stewardship; Water management

Indexed keywords

WELL WATER;

BACTERIUM; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LOGISTICS; NITRATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REGULATORY APPROACH; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WELL WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; COST; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79251606237     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.11.017     Document Type: Article

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