The use of an ecologic classification to improve water resource planning in New Zealand

Environmental Management

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 741-756

  Snelder, T H ^a   Hughey, K F D ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ecologic classification; Environmental assessment; Planning; Resource Management Act; Spatial framework

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PLANNING; WATER RESOURCES;

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ACT (RMA); SPATIAL FRAMEWORK;

ECOLOGY;

CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; NEW ZEALAND; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; NEW ZEALAND; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 27744489443     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-004-0324-2     Document Type: Article

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