Behavioral response to contamination risk information in a spatially explicit groundwater environment: Experimental evidence

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 6390-6405

  Li, Jingyuan ^a,b   Michael, Holly A ^a,b   Duke, Joshua M ^b   Messer, Kent D ^b   Suter, Jordan F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CONTAMINATION; GAGES; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; NUMERICAL METHODS; PUMPS; RISK PERCEPTION; RISKS;

CONTAMINATION RISKS; EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; GROUNDWATER ENVIRONMENT; GROUNDWATER MODELING; LOWER PROBABILITIES; MONITORING INFORMATION; RISK OF CONTAMINATION;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

EID: 85040704993     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013WR015230     Document Type: Article

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