Using GIS in ecological management: Green assessment of the impacts of petroleum activities in the state of Texas

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2101-2130

  Merem, Edmund ^a   Robinson, Bennetta ^a   Wesley, Joan M ^a   Yerramilli, Sudha ^a   Twumasi, Yaw A ^b  

^a Jackson State University   (United States)

^b ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological assessment; Ecosystem decline; GIS; Management; Oil and gas

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GREENHOUSE GAS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PETROLEUM; TEXAS;

EID: 77954779140     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph7052101     Document Type: Article

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