Poverty, urbanization, and environmental degradation: Urban streams in the developing world

Freshwater Science

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 429-435

  Capps, Krista A ^a,b   Bentsen, Catherine N ^c   Ramírez, Alonso ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Environmental Kuznets curves; Freshwater; Infrastructure; Low income economies; Urban; Wastewater; Water security

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; INFRASTRUCTURE; KUZNETS CURVE; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; STAKEHOLDER; STREAM; SUSTAINABILITY; URBANIZATION; WASTEWATER; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED;

EID: 84960845874     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/684945     Document Type: Conference Paper

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