Development of scenarios for land cover, population density, impervious cover, and conservation in New Hampshire, 2010–2100

Ecology and Society

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Thorn, Alexandra M ^a,b   Wake, Cameron P ^a   Grimm, Curt D ^a   Mitchell, Clayton R ^a   Mineau, Madeleine M ^a   Ollinger, Scott V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Ecosystem services; Forests; Impervious cover; Land cover change; Land use zoning; Population density; Scenarios

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURE CONSERVATION; POPULATION DENSITY; SCENARIO ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER; ZONING SYSTEM;

NEW HAMPSHIRE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85040678333     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-09733-220419     Document Type: Article

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