Predicted effects of residential development on a northern Idaho landscape under alternative growth management and land protection policies

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 94, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 255-263

  Nielsen Pincus, Max ^a   Goldberg, Caren S ^a   Pocewicz, Amy ^a   Force, Jo Ellen ^a   Waits, Lisette P ^a   Morgan, Penelope ^a   Vierling, Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Exurban development; Groundwater demand; Productive lands; Social acceptability; Urban growth boundary; Wildfire hazard; Zoning

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; FIRES; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HAZARDS; HOUSING; LAND USE; RURAL AREAS; ZONING;

EXURBAN DEVELOPMENT; MANAGEMENT OPERATION; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PATTERN; RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES; SOCIAL ACCEPTABILITY; URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY; WILDFIRE HAZARDS;

URBAN GROWTH;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE PROTECTION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONFLICT; TRADE-OFF; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN POLICY; WILDFIRE; ZONING;

FOREST FIRES; GEOLOGY; GROUND WATER; HAZARDS; HOUSINGS; HYDROLOGY; LAND; PRODUCTIVITY;

IDAHO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74149089895     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2009.10.011     Document Type: Article

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