National-Level Wetland Policy Specificity and Goals Vary According to Political and Economic Indicators

Environmental Management

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 141-153

  Peimer, Alex W ^a   Krzywicka, Adrianna E ^a   Cohen, Dora B ^a   Van den Bosch, Kyle ^a   Buxton, Valerie L ^a   Stevenson, Natalie A ^a   Matthews, Jeffrey W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Environmental governance; Environmental policy; National wetland policy; Ramsar convention

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE; WETLANDS;

DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS; ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; NATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; NON-METRIC MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING; RAMSAR CONVENTION; WETLAND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

BIODIVERSITY; DEMOCRACY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NATIONAL PLANNING; PROTECTED AREA; RAMSAR CONVENTION; UNITED NATIONS; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

ADOPTION; AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; DEMOCRACY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HUMAN; MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING; NATURAL RESOURCE; TOURISM; WETLAND; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MANAGEMENT; MOTIVATION; POLITICS; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC POLICY; UNITED NATIONS;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOALS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; POLITICS; PUBLIC POLICY; UNITED NATIONS; WETLANDS;

EID: 84987615694     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-016-0766-3     Document Type: Article

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