Socioecological revitalization of an urban watershed

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 28-36

  Hager, Guy W ^a   Belt, Kenneth T ^b   Stack, William ^c   Burgess, Kimberly ^d   Grove, J Morgan ^b   Caplan, Bess ^e   Hardcastle, Mary ^a   Shelley, Desiree ^a   Pickett, Steward T A ^e   Groffman, Peter M ^e  

^a Parks and People Foundation   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c Center for Watershed Protection   (United States)

^d Baltimore Department of Public Works   (United States)

^e CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK PERCEPTION; STORMWATER; URBAN AREA; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

BALTIMORE; MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875825271     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/120069     Document Type: Review

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