Relationships between environmental governance and water quality in a growing metropolitan area of the Pacific Northwest, USA

We investigate relationships between environmental governance and water quality in two adjacent growing metropolitan areas in the western US. While the Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington metro areas share many common biophysical characteristics, they have different land development histories...

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Main Authors: H. Chang, P. Thiers, N. R. Netusil, J. A. Yeakley, G. Rollwagen-Bollens, S. M. Bollens, S. Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2014-04-01
Series:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/18/1383/2014/hess-18-1383-2014.pdf