Potential roles of past, present, and future urbanization characteristics in producing varied stream responses

Freshwater Science

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 436-443

  Parr, Thomas B ^a   Smucker, Nathan J ^b   Bentsen, Catherine N ^c   Neale, Martin W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d Golder Associates (NZ) Limited   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Green infrastructure; Impervious cover; Resilience; Stormwater; Stream ecosystems; Sustainability; Urban stream syndrome; Urban watershed continuum; Urbanization; Wastewater; Water infrastructure; Water policy

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; LAND SURFACE; PERMEABILITY; RUNOFF; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; URBANIZATION; WASTEWATER; WATER PLANNING; WATERSHED;

EID: 84960866133     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/685030     Document Type: Conference Paper

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