A Framework for Quantitative Assessment of Impacts Related to Energy and Mineral Resource Development

Natural Resources Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-17

  Haines, Seth S ^a   Diffendorfer, Jay E ^a   Balistrieri, Laurie ^b   Berger, Byron ^a   Cook, Troy ^a,m   DeAngelis, Don ^c   Doremus, Holly ^d   Gautier, Donald L ^e   Gallegos, Tanya ^a   Gerritsen, Margot ^f   Graffy, Elisabeth ^g   Hawkins, Sarah ^a   Johnson, Kathleen M ^b   Macknick, Jordan ^h   McMahon, Peter ^a   Modde, Tim ⁱ   Pierce, Brenda ^b   Schuenemeyer, John H ^j   Semmens, Darius ^a   Simon, Benjamin ^k   Taylor, Jason ^l,n   Walton Day, Katie ^a   more..

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c University of Miami   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^j Southwest Statistical Consulting LLC   (United States)

^k Office of Policy Analysis   (United States)

^l BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^m Energy Information Administration   (United States)

ⁿ NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Energy resources; environmental; impact assessment; integrated assessment; mineral resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897963935     PISSN: 15207439     EISSN: 15738981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11053-013-9208-6     Document Type: Article

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