Environmental Outcomes of Urban Land System Change: Comparing Riparian Design Approaches in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area

Social Sciences

• system change 90%
• agglomeration area 71%
• sustainability 12%
• heat 12%
• Recreational land 10%
• river 10%
• Flood control 8%
• economic control 8%
• Surface waters 8%
• urban planner 7%
• redevelopment 6%
• social system 5%
• research approach 5%
• urbanization 5%
• climate change 4%
• dialogue 3%
• health 2%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• metropolitan area 74%
• land 42%
• sustainability 14%
• land cover 10%
• social system 7%
• urban design 7%
• redevelopment 7%
• city 7%
• infill 7%
• flood control 6%
• river 6%
• NDVI 5%
• biota 5%
• land surface 5%
• connectivity 5%
• bird 5%
• incorporation 5%
• urbanization 5%
• socioeconomics 5%
• surface temperature 5%
• distribution 4%
• health 4%
• surface water 4%
• vegetation 3%
• climate change 3%
• economics 3%
• effect 1%

Agriculture & Biology

• metropolitan areas 100%
• heat island 19%
• land cover 15%
• flood control 9%
• rivers 9%
• socioeconomic factors 7%
• water birds 7%
• riparian areas 7%
• surface temperature 6%
• urbanization 6%
• surface water 6%
• coolers 6%
• climate change 4%
• vegetation 4%
• economics 3%
• birds 3%
• organisms 3%