Connecting the ecological-economic dots in human-dominated watersheds: Models to link socio-economic activities on the landscape to stream ecosystem health

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 78-87

  Hong, Bongghi ^a   Limburg, Karin E ^a   Erickson, Jon D ^b   Gowdy, John M ^c   Nowosielski, Audra A ^c   Polimeni, John M ^d   Stainbrook, Karen M ^e  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d ALBANY COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^e Watershed Assessment Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Economy; Ecosystem condition; Hudson River Valley; Interdisciplinary; Land use change; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; LAND USE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URBAN GROWTH; WATER QUALITY;

ECONOMY; HUDSON RIVER; INTERDISCIPLINARY; LAND-USE CHANGE; URBANIZATION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; LAND USE CHANGE; URBANIZATION; WATERSHED;

HUDSON VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 64749114295     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2008.11.012     Document Type: Article

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