A watershed-based method for environmental vulnerability assessment with a case study of the Mid-Atlantic region

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 34, Issue , 2012, Pages 58-64

  Tran, Liem T ^a   O'Neill, Robert V ^b   Smith, Elizabeth R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b OTIE and Associates   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental indicators; Linear programming; Vulnerability assessment

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; ENVIRONMENTAL VULNERABILITY; LINEAR OPTIMIZATION; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS;

LINEAR PROGRAMMING; WATERSHEDS;

RATING;

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; LINEAR PROGRAMING; VULNERABILITY; WATERSHED;

MID-ATLANTIC STATES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856259572     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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