Development of indicators to assess economic vulnerabilities to changes in ecosystem services: Case study of counties in Maryland, USA

Environmental Management

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 730-747

  Wainger, Lisa A ^a   King, Dennis M ^a   Cantrell, Joyce A ^a   Bird, Sandra L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental economic indicators; Life cycle analysis; Pollution emissions; Resource consumption; Vulnerability assessment

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WATER;

ECONOMIC BENEFITS; ECONOMIC VULNERABILITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS; RESOURCE CONDITIONS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

WATER;

EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; LIFE CYCLE; RESOURCE USE;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; AGRICULTURE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AGRICULTURE; COMMERCE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; MARYLAND; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 17844394745     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-003-0188-x     Document Type: Article

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