Watershed-scale effects of urbanization on sediment export: Assessment and policy

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Randhir, Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic policies; Impervious cover; Urbanization; Water quality; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUBLIC POLICY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTS; TAXATION; WATER QUALITY;

ECONOMIC POLICIES; URBANIZATION;

WATERSHEDS;

ECONOMIC POLICY; POLLUTION CONTROL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 1542651213     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002WR001913     Document Type: Article

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