Urban vegetation and income segregation in drylands: A synthesis of seven metropolitan regions in the southwestern United States

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Jenerette, G Darrel ^a   Miller, Greg ^a   Buyantuev, Alexander ^a,b,c   Pataki, Diane E ^d   Gillespie, Thomas W ^e   Pincetl, Stephanie ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

EVI; irrigation; phenology; socioeconomics; urban

Indexed keywords

IRRIGATION;

DOMESTIC WATER USE; ENHANCED VEGETATION INDEX; EVI; GROWING SEASON LENGTHS; METROPOLITAN REGIONS; PHENOLOGY; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; URBAN;

VEGETATION;

DRYLAND FARMING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GRASS; GROWING SEASON; HERB; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LAND COVER; METROPOLITAN AREA; PHENOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SHRUB; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; URBANIZATION; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84891941229     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/4/044001     Document Type: Article

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