Objective versus subjective assessments of environmental quality of standing and running waters in a large city

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 116-126

  Steinwender, Astrid ^a   Gundacker, Claudia ^a   Wittmann, Karl J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Faecal indicator bacteria; Hydromorphological parameters; Individual perceptions; Meteorological factors; Physicochemical parameters; Water management

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; MICROBIOLOGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUBJECTIVE TESTING; TURBIDITY; URBAN PLANNING; WATER MANAGEMENT;

FAECAL INDICATOR BACTERIAS; HYDROMORPHOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; INDIVIDUAL PERCEPTIONS; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; MICROBIOLOGICAL INDICATORS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS;

WATER QUALITY;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; TURBIDITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; VIENNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 38049043357     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2007.07.001     Document Type: Article

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