Watershed features and stream water quality: Gaining insight through path analysis in a Midwest urban landscape, U.S.A.

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 143, Issue , 2015, Pages 219-229

  Wu, Jiayu ^a,c   Stewart, Timothy W ^a   Thompson, Janette R ^a   Kolka, Randall K ^b   Franz, Kristie J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c State Environmental Protection   (China)

Author keywords

Coupled human and natural systems; Path analysis; Stream water conductivity; Stream water nutrients; Urban hydrology; Urban streams

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; NUTRIENTS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; ROADS AND STREETS; URBAN PLANNING; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT; WATERSHEDS;

COUPLED HUMAN AND NATURAL SYSTEMS; PATH ANALYSIS; STREAM WATER; STREAM WATER NUTRIENTS; URBAN HYDROLOGY; URBAN STREAM;

RIVER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BUFFER ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE PLANNING; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NITROGEN; PATH ANALYSIS; PHOSPHORUS; POPULATION DENSITY; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; RUNOFF; SOIL NUTRIENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; STREAMWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

IOWA; MIDWEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84940048732     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2015.08.001     Document Type: Article

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