Determining the feasibility and cost of an ecologically-based design for a mitigation wetland in central Pennsylvania, USA

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 10-21

  Sonntag, Daniel H ^a   Cole, Charles Andrew ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Creation; Environment; Highway; Pennsylvania; Water; Wetland

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; SOILS; WATER;

ALTERNATIVE DESIGNS; CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA; CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS; CREATION; ENVIRONMENT; HIGHWAY; PENNSYLVANIA; WATER CONTROL STRUCTURES;

WETLANDS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MITIGATION; WETLAND;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45049085429     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2008.03.008     Document Type: Article

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