Impervious Surface Coverage: The Emergence of a Key Environmental Indicator

Journal of the American Planning Association

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 243-258

  Arnold, Chester L ^a   Gibbons, C James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; LAND USE PLANNING; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBANISATION; WATER QUALITY;

USA;

EID: 0030459584     PISSN: 01944363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01944369608975688     Document Type: Article

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