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Main Title Ecosystem impacts of urbanization assessment methodology /
Author Jameson, David L.,
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Kibby, Harold V.
CORP Author Utah State Univ., Logan. Inst. of Ecology. ;Houston Univ., Tex.;Corvallis Environmental Research Lab., Oreg.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Environmental Research Laboratory,
Year Published 1976
Report Number EPA-600/3-76-072; EPA-68-01-2642
Stock Number PB-259 931
OCLC Number 02604988
ISBN pbk. :
Subjects Urbanization--New York (State)--Lake George ; Water treatment plants--New York (State)--Lake George ; Ecology ; Urbanization--United States ; Environmental impact statements ; Environmental impact analysis
Additional Subjects Land use ; Site surveys ; Environmental impacts ; Project planning ; Urbanization ; Alternatives ; Mathematical models ; Primary productivity ; Hydrology ; Ecology ; Sewage treatment plants ; Ecosystems ; Case studies ; Lake George(New York) ; Woodlands(Texas) ; Synergisim ; LAND mathematical model ; Space time analysis
Internet Access
Description Access URL
https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=9100B61Q.PDF
Holdings
Library Call Number Additional Info Location Last
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Status
EJBD  EPA 600-3-76-072 c.1 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 03/18/2014
EKBD  EPA-600/3-76-072 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 07/18/2003
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-3-76-072 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ESAD  EPA 600-3-76-072 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 08/09/2017
NTIS  PB-259 931 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 245 pages in various pagings : illustrations, diagram, graphs, maps ; 28 cm.
Abstract
A methodology is developed to use space-time analysis and ecosystem modeling to assess the secondary impacts of wastewater treatment facilities (i.e., urbanization) on the ecosystem. The existing state of the ecosystem is described with emphasis on the dynamic, periodic, trend, and gradient processes. Ecosystem models are used to project consequences of project alternatives. Incremental and synergistic effects are indicated along with suggested operational adjustments to minimize ecosystem impacts from the recommended project. Ecosystem models are described and the literature on impacts is reviewed. A case study of urbanization at Lake George, NY, emphasizes the usefulness of the components of ecosystem models by linking units from several studies with a new model (LAND). This new model is described and documented. A case study of a new town (Woodlands, TX) indicates the changes in current methodologies which are required to adopt space-time analysis and ecosystem modeling to the assessment of the effects of urbanization on the ecosystem.
Notes
Prepared by the University of Houston, Houston, Texas, under contract no. 68-01-2642. Includes bibliographical references.