Title:
Environmental indicators: tracking the status of Georgia’s waters
Environmental indicators: tracking the status of Georgia’s waters
dc.contributor.author | Cowie, Gail | |
dc.contributor.corporatename | Georgia. Environmental Protection Division | en_US |
dc.contributor.editor | Carroll, G. Denise | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-17T15:15:51Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-05-17T15:15:51Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009-04 | |
dc.description | Proceedings of the 2009 Georgia Water Resources Conference, April 27, 28, and 29, 2009 Athens, Georgia. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Since 1997, the Georgia Environmental Protection Division has published a periodic report titled Georgia’s Environment. That report has highlighted current issues or pressures affecting the major environmental media (air, water, and land) and presented data on a small number of indicators to illustrate trends related to those pressures. As part of a broader environmental indicators project, the scope of the report has been expanded to provide a more comprehensive presentation on the state of Georgia’s environment, focusing on three primary objectives for environmental management. The revamped report is intended to serve a public outreach and information function, similar to that of the earlier publication. In addition, the 2006 report, along with related work on environmental indicators, is expected to also highlight emerging issues, potential policy needs, and critical data and information gaps. Development of the 2008 report started with a conceptual model that relates environmental conditions to major human activities that affect those conditions, followed by systematic identification of the indicators feasible to include in a comprehensive assessment of the state of Georgia’s environment. This paper will present the basic outline of the 2008 report, discuss constraints imposed by data availability and current approaches to data collection, and summarize results for select indicators of the condition of Georgia’s water resources. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Sponsored by: Georgia Environmental Protection Division U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Water Science Center U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia Water Resources Institute The University of Georgia, Water Resources Faculty | en_US |
dc.description.statementofresponsibility | This book was published by Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-2152. The views and statements advanced in this publication are solely those of the authors and do not represent official views or policies of The University of Georgia, the U.S. Geological Survey, the Georgia Water Research Institute as authorized by the Water Research Institutes Authorization Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-307) or the other conference sponsors. | en_US |
dc.embargo.terms | null | en_US |
dc.identifier.isbn | 0-9794100-1-0 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1853/46942 | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Georgia Institute of Technology | en_US |
dc.publisher.original | Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, The University of Georgia | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | GWRI2009. Integrating science and policy | en_US |
dc.subject | Water resources management | en_US |
dc.subject | Environmental indicators | en_US |
dc.title | Environmental indicators: tracking the status of Georgia’s waters | en_US |
dc.type | Text | |
dc.type.genre | Proceedings | |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
local.contributor.corporatename | Georgia Water Resources Institute | |
local.contributor.corporatename | School of Civil and Environmental Engineering | |
local.contributor.corporatename | College of Engineering | |
local.relation.ispartofseries | Georgia Water Resources Conference | |
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