Assessing the environmental impacts of urban growth using land use/land cover, water quality and health indicators: A case study of Arequipa, Peru

American Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 90-101

  Carpio, Oswaldo Villena ^a   Fath, Brian D ^a,b  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Demographic changes; Environmental impacts; Geographic information systems; Hydrologic data; Land use change; Population growth; Remote sensing; Urban growth; Urbanization; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GASTROENTERITIS; GIS; HEALTH RISK; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT; POPULATION GROWTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER FLOW; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY;

AREQUIPA [PERU]; PERU;

EID: 79960299859     PISSN: 1553345X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajessp.2011.90.101     Document Type: Article

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