Assessing risk of large-scale habitat conversion in lightly settled landscapes

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 219-225

  Baldwin, Robert F ^a   Trombulak, Stephen C ^b   Baldwin, Elizabeth Dennis ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecoregional conservation; Land use planning; Northern Appalachian Acadian ecoregion

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; LAKES; LAND USE; URBAN PLANNING;

DEVELOPMENT MODEL; ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY; ECOREGIONS; HABITAT DEGRADATION; LAND USE PLANNING; REGULATORY AGENCIES; REGULATORY COMMISSION; SCREENING PROCESS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; LAND USE; LAND USE PLANNING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 67349259162     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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