Estimating the effects of urban residential development on water quality using microdata

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 399-408

  Atasoy, Mary ^a   Palmquist, Raymond B ^a   Phaneuf, Daniel J ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Residential development; Urban land use; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; HOUSING; LAND USE; STATISTICS;

DATA SET; LAND PARCELS; MICRODATA; MONITORING STATIONS; NORTH CAROLINA; PANEL DATA; QUALITY OF URBANIZATIONS; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; SPATIAL ECONOMETRIC MODELS; URBAN LAND USE;

WATER QUALITY;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITRITE; ORGANIC NITROGEN;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PANEL DATA; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DENSITY; EMPIRICISM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WAKE COUNTY;

EID: 33645937305     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2005.07.012     Document Type: Article

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