The influence of land cover, vertical structure, and socioeconomic factors on outdoor water use in a Western US City

Water Resources Management

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 3877-3890

  Gage, Edward ^a   Cooper, David J ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado; GIS; Irrigation; Lidar; Remote sensing; Urban water

Indexed keywords

DECISION TREES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOUSING; IRRIGATION; OPTICAL RADAR; POPULATION STATISTICS; RANDOM FORESTS; REMOTE SENSING; SURVEYS; WATER CONSERVATION;

COLORADO; CORRELATIVE RELATIONSHIP; DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTOR; SPATIAL STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; URBAN WATERS;

PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS;

GIS; IRRIGATION; LAND COVER; LIDAR; REMOTE SENSING; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; URBAN PLANNING; WATER USE;

AURORA [COLORADO]; COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85027955570     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: 15731650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-015-1034-7     Document Type: Article

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