One federal policy, four different policy contexts: An examination of agri-environmental policy implementation in the Midwestern United States

Land Use Policy

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 605-614

  Reimer, Adam ^a,b   Prokopy, Linda ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community engagement; Conservation; Farmer; Local environmental governance; Water quality; Wildlife habitat

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FARMERS ATTITUDE; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; WATER QUALITY;

MIDWEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893729548     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2014.01.008     Document Type: Article

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