Ecological modernization in U.S. agri-environmental programs: Trends in the 2014 Farm Bill

Land Use Policy

Volumn 47, Issue , 2015, Pages 209-217

  Reimer, Adam ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; CRP; Farmer; Governance; Modernization; Policy

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECENTRALIZATION; ECOLOGICAL MODERNIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY APPROACH;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930935110     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.04.013     Document Type: Article

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