Assessing equitable access to urban green space: The role of engineered water infrastructure

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 6728-6734

  Wendel, Heather E Wright ^a   Downs, Joni A ^b   Mihelcic, James R ^a  

^a University of South Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC BENEFITS; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; EQUITABLE ACCESS; FLORIDA; GREEN SPACES; NATURAL WATERS; SPATIAL SCALE; STORMWATER MANAGEMENTS; STORMWATER POND; URBAN GREEN SPACES; URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT; URBAN WATERS; WATER INFRASTRUCTURE;

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; STORM SEWERS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; GREENSPACE; INNER CITY AREA; STORMWATER; SURFACE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; HUMAN; JUSTICE; POND; STORMWATER POND; SURFACE WATER ACCESS; UNITED STATES; URBAN GREEN SPACE ACCESS; URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ADULT; AGED; CENSUSES; CITIES; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; FLORIDA; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; SANITARY ENGINEERING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WATER SUPPLY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; TAMPA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051735137     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es103949f     Document Type: Article

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