Assessing vulnerabilities from alternative development patterns

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 84-95

  Mehaffey, Megan ^a   Wainger, Lisa ^b   Wade, Timothy ^a   Yankee, Dennis ^c   Smith, Elizabeth ^a   Bott, Vicki ^d   Yarbourgh, Rebecca ^e  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^e Centralina Council of Governments   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative development; Fiscal impacts; Landscapes; Stressors; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; COMMERCE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; LAND USE; WATER QUALITY;

ALTERNATIVE DEVELOPMENT; FISCAL IMPACTS; LANDSCAPES; STRESSORS; VULNERABILITY;

RURAL AREAS;

AIR QUALITY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; URBANIZATION; VULNERABILITY; WATER QUALITY;

CHARLOTTE; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45049086220     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2008.04.010     Document Type: Article

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