Defining an ecological baseline for restoration and natural resource damage assessment of contaminated sites: The case of the Department of Energy

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 553-566

  Burger, Joanna ^a   Gochfeld, Michael ^a,b   Powers, Charles W ^a,b,c   Greenberg, Michael ^a,d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASELINE CONDITIONS; CONTAMINATED LAND; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LAND USE PLANNING; NATURAL RESOURCE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34447507854     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: 13600559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640560701402109     Document Type: Article

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