Evaluating quality of life, economic vulnerabilities, and drivers of ecosystem change

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 94, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 69-84

  Wainger, Lisa A ^a   Price, Elizabeth W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Economic vulnerabilities; Ecosystem services; Environmental economic indicators; Land use change; Mid Atlantic; Quality of life; ReVA

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; CORRELATION METHODS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FISHERIES; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; NATURAL RESOURCES;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; LAND USE CHANGE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECOSYSTEM; EMPLOYEE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FISHERY; FORESTRY; HOUSING; HUMAN; MIGRATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WORK;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FISHERIES; FORESTRY; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETIREMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1942443919     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EMAS.0000016880.31332.e1     Document Type: Article

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