Voting on Floodplain Conservation: The Role of Public Values and Interactions along the Carson River, Nevada

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 568-585

  Mann, Kathryn B ^a   Berry, Kate A ^a   Bassett, Scott ^a   Chandra, Sudeep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

agriculture and the environment; environmental attitudes and concerns; floodplain protection; human behavior in the environment; issues in ecosystem preservation; land conservation; land management practices; Nevada; riparian buffers; river restoration; urban development

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; FLOODPLAIN; INTERNET; LAND MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIPARIAN ZONE; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; VOTING BEHAVIOR; WATER QUALITY;

CARSON RIVER; NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875953607     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2012.713449     Document Type: Article

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