Planning for drought-resilient communities: An evaluation of local comprehensive plans in the fastest growing counties in the US

Cities

Volumn 32, Issue , 2013, Pages 60-69

  Fu, Xinyu ^a   Tang, Zhenghong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Comprehensive plan; Drought; Land use planning; Mitigation; Water shortage

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; DROUGHT; LAND USE PLANNING; MITIGATION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY; WATER STORAGE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876429114     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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