Integrating ecosystem services analysis into scenario planning practice: Accounting for street tree benefits with i-Tree valuation in Central Texas

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 146, Issue , 2014, Pages 524-534

  Hilde, Thomas ^a   Paterson, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Geographic information systems (GIS); Scenario planning; Urban forestry

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; OPEN SYSTEMS; REGIONAL PLANNING;

CENTRAL TEXAS; CONSUMPTION PATTERNS; DEVELOPMENT SCENARIOS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; SCENARIO PLANNING; SERVICE ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE-TOOLS; STREET TREES; URBAN FORESTRY;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

CANOPY; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; REGIONAL PLANNING; VALUATION;

ACCOUNTING; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; LAND USE; TREE; UNITED STATES; CITY PLANNING; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORECASTING; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL;

HUTTO; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

CITY PLANNING; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOFTWARE; TEXAS; TREES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84909959947     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.05.039     Document Type: Article

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