Spatial and temporal relationships between water quality and land use in northern Georgia, USA

Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 151-170

  Tu, Jun ^a  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic information system; Land use changes; Urbanization; Water quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052512853     PISSN: 1943815X     EISSN: 19438168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1943815X.2011.577076     Document Type: Article

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