Land use planning and social equity in North Carolina's compensatory wetland and stream mitigation programs

Environmental Management

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 239-253

  BenDor, Todd ^a   Stewart, Audrey ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological restoration; Ecosystem service market; Environmental planning; Land use planning; Mitigation banking; Section 404 clean wateract

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE MARKET; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; LAND USE PLANNING; MITIGATION BANKING; SECTION 404 CLEAN WATERACT;

ECONOMICS; HYDRAULICS; LAND USE; POPULATION STATISTICS; RESTORATION; ROADS AND STREETS; RURAL AREAS; WETLANDS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EQUITY; LAND USE PLANNING; MITIGATION; PLANNING PROCESS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RIVER MANAGEMENT; STREAMWATER; WETLAND;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; LAND USE; MINORITY GROUP; RACISM; SOCIOECONOMICS; STREAM (RIVER); UNITED STATES; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; URBANIZATION; WETLAND; CHEMISTRY; CITY PLANNING; ECONOMICS; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION GROWTH; RIVER; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

CITY PLANNING; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HUMANS; LEGISLATION AS TOPIC; NORTH CAROLINA; POPULATION GROWTH; RIVERS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY; WETLANDS;

EID: 79952471192     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-010-9594-z     Document Type: Article

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