Twenty-five years of sprawl in the Seattle region: Growth management responses and implications for conservation

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-72

  Robinson, Lin ^a   Newell, Joshua P ^a   Marzluff, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Edge; Forest conversion; Growth management policy; Habitat fragmentation; Landscape patterns; Low density housing; Sprawl; Urban growth boundaries

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY; LAND USE; VEGETATION;

HOUSING DENSITY; URBAN GROWTH AREAS (UGA); WILDLAND AREAS;

CONSERVATION;

CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; URBAN GROWTH;

NORTH AMERICA; SEATTLE; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 10944259275     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2004.02.005     Document Type: Article

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