Economic instruments and nonpoint source water pollution

Water Resources Development and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 17-45

  Russell, Clifford S ^a,b   Clark, Christopher D ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient water quality; Discharge reduction; Economic instrument; Nonpoint source; United states environmental protection agency

Indexed keywords

EID: 85071492193     PISSN: 1614810X     EISSN: 2198316X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-30444-4_2     Document Type: Chapter

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