Formulating a coastal zone health metric for landuse impact management in urban coastal zones

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2172-2185

  Anilkumar, P P ^a   Varghese, Koshy ^b   Ganesh, L S ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CALICUT   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Coastal cities; Coastal policy; Coastal zone Health Indicator (CHI); ICZM; Urban coastal management; Urban Landuse planning

Indexed keywords

COASTAL CITIES; COASTAL MANAGEMENT; COASTAL POLICY; COASTAL ZONE HEALTH INDICATOR; CRITICAL DIMENSION; HEALTH INDICATORS; ICZM; LAND USE PLANNING; URBAN COASTAL MANAGEMENT; URBAN/LANDUSE PLANNING;

COASTAL ZONES;

COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH STATUS; LAND USE PLANNING; LITERATURE REVIEW; POLICY MAKING; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; COASTAL PLAIN; COASTAL WATERS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; LAND USE; POLLUTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 77955514227     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.05.021     Document Type: Article

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