An integrated monitoring/modeling framework for assessing human-nature interactions in urbanizing watersheds: Wappinger and Onondaga Creek watersheds, New York, USA

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 32, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-15

  Hong, Bongghi ^a   Limburg, Karin E ^b   Hall, Myrna H ^b   Mountrakis, Giorgos ^b   Groffman, Peter M ^c   Hyde, Karla ^b   Luo, Li ^b   Kelly, Victoria R ^c   Myers, Seth J ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Impervious surface; Remote sensing; Socio economic factors; Uncertainty; Urbanization; Water resources

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT AREA; COMPREHENSIVE MODELING; DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; FOREST LAND; HOUSING DEVELOPMENT; IMPERVIOUS SURFACE; IMPERVIOUS SURFACE AREA; INTEGRATED MONITORING; LAND-USE CHANGE; NEW YORK , USA; NEW YORK STATE; NITRATE FLUXES; NUTRIENT EXPORT; PREDICTION AND ANALYSIS; RAPID DEVELOPMENT; RUNOFF GENERATION; SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTOR; SPATIAL PATTERNS; STREAM CONDITION; TEMPORAL TRENDS; TOOLSETS; UNCERTAINTY; URBAN SPRAWL; URBANIZATION; WATER QUANTITIES;

CATCHMENTS; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; HOUSING; LANDFORMS; REMOTE SENSING; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; URBAN GROWTH; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CATCHMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; RUNOFF; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; STREAMFLOW; SURFACE AREA; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATERSHED;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857369647     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2011.08.006     Document Type: Article

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