Development of a socio-ecological environmental justice model for watershed-based management

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 518, Issue PA, 2013, Pages 162-177

  Sanchez, Georgina M ^a   Nejadhashemi, A Pouyan ^a   Zhang, Zhen ^b   Woznicki, Sean A ^a   Habron, Geoffrey ^b   Marquart Pyatt, Sandra ^b   Shortridge, Ashton ^b  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental justice; Fish; Macroinvertebrate; Socio economic; Stream health

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; FISH; HEALTH; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; INDEX OF BIOLOGICAL INTEGRITIES; MACROINVERTEBRATES; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; STREAM HEALTH;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; FISH; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; VULNERABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED;

MICHIGAN; SAGINAW BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907250663     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.08.014     Document Type: Article

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