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Shifting Land Use and the Effects on River Flow in Massachusetts
Author(s) -
Patric James H.,
Gould Ernest M.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1976.tb02350.x
Subject(s) - streamflow , clearance , streams , urbanization , hydrology (agriculture) , environmental science , speculation , land use , water resource management , geography , geology , drainage basin , economics , ecology , medicine , computer network , cartography , geotechnical engineering , economic growth , computer science , biology , urology , macroeconomics
A Century ago, land formerly cleared for agriculture in Massachusetts began reverting to forest. It was thought that decreasing streamflow contributed to the decline of water power as the prime energy source in Massachusetts. Some further speculation concerns Hydrologie effects of urbanization and of the 1938 hurricane on flow in these streams.