Fragmented water quality governance: Constraints to spatial targeting for nutrient reduction in a Midwestern USA watershed

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 137, Issue , 2015, Pages 64-75

  Wardropper, Chloe B ^a   Chang, Chaoyi ^a   Rissman, Adena R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Midwestern USA watershed; Multilevel governance; Spatial policy analysis; Surface water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAND USE; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

AGRICULTURAL POLICIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE; MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; POLICY INTERVENTION; SPATIAL POLICIES;

PUBLIC POLICY;

DATABASE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GIS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LAND USE PLANNING; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84921711045     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2014.12.011     Document Type: Article

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