Paradise threatened: Land use and erosion on St. John, US Virgin Islands

Environmental Management

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 851-863

  Macdonald, Lee H ^a   Anderson, Donald M ^b   Dietrich, William E ^c  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Dry tropics; Erosion; Roads; Sediment yield

Indexed keywords

MARINE RESOURCES; SEDIMENT YIELDS;

BEACHES; ECOSYSTEMS; EROSION; REEFS; SEDIMENTS;

LAND USE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GIS; LAND USE; LAND USE CHANGE; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL EROSION; TOURISM;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EROSION; LAND USE; PARTICLE SIZE; REVIEW; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES;

VIRGIN ISLANDS, ST. JOHN;

EID: 0031282674     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002679900072     Document Type: Review

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