Spatial variations in the relationships between land use and water quality across an urbanization gradient in the watersheds of northern Georgia, USA

Environmental Management

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-17

  Tu, Jun ^a  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlanta; Geographic information systems; Geographically weighted regression; Land use; Southeast USA; Spatial variation; Urbanization; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ATLANTA; GEOGRAPHICALLY WEIGHTED REGRESSION; SOUTHEAST USA; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; URBANIZATION;

FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; NUTRIENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

WATER POLLUTION;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ORGANIC CARBON;

GIS; LAND USE; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREST; GEOGRAPHICALLY WEIGHTED REGRESSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED; WETLAND;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEORGIA; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

FORESTRY; GIS; LAND USE; NUTRIENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; USA; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SHEDS;

ATLANTA; GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871777078     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-011-9738-9     Document Type: Article

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