Water quality changes in response to urban expansion: spatially varying relations and determinants

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 16997-17011

  Zhao, Wenjun ^a   Zhu, Xiaodong ^a   Sun, Xiang ^a,b   Shu, Yunqiao ^c   Li, Yangfan ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic factors; China; Geographically weighted regression; Land water linkages; River pollution; Urbanization level

Indexed keywords

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84945484347     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-4795-x     Document Type: Article

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