Urban stream deserts: Mapping a legacy of urbanization in the United States

Applied Geography

Volumn 67, Issue , 2016, Pages 129-139

  Napieralski, Jacob A ^a   Carvalhaes, Thomaz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

Author keywords

Buried streams; Channel change; Fluvial geomorphology; Geographic information systems (GIS); Impervious surface coverage; Land use change; Megaregions; Population density; United States; Urban areas; Urban geography; Urban stream desert; Urban stream syndrome; Urbanization; Workflow

Indexed keywords

BURIED STRUCTURE; CHANNEL CHANGE; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GIS; LAND USE CHANGE; POPULATION DENSITY; SATELLITE DATA; URBAN GEOGRAPHY; URBANIZATION;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84952926852     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2015.12.008     Document Type: Article

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