An integrated environmental assessment of the US mid-atlantic region

Environmental Management

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 553-560

  Wickham, J D ^a   Jones, K B ^a   Riitters, K H ^b   O'Neill, R V ^c   Tankersley, R D ^d   Smith, E R ^a   Neale, A C ^a   Chaloud, D J ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Cumulative impact; Geographic information systems; Landscape ecology; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; PLANNING METHOD;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032867476     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002679900254     Document Type: Article

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