Coastal urbanization: the challenge of management lag

Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 371-382

  Amen, Mark ^a   Harris, Rebecca ^a   Baird, Ronald C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal regions; Ecology; Urban areas

Indexed keywords

EID: 69349087816     PISSN: 14777835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777830910963726     Document Type: Article

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