Community and Quality of Life: Data Needs for Informed Decision Making (2002)
Chapter: Acronyms
Acronyms
ACS
American Community Survey
AVIRIS
Airborne Visible InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer
BEA
Bureau of Economic Analysis
BLM
Bureau of Land Management
BLS
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BTS
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
CO2
Carbon dioxide
ComPlan
Interactive land use-transportation computer model utilized
DLG
Digital Line Graph (USGS)
DOC
U.S. Department of Commerce
DOI
U.S. Department of Interior
DOT
U.S. Department of Transportation
EPA
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPI
Eastern Planning Initiative
ES202
Employee Statistics 202
ESRI
Environmental Systems Research Institute
FEMA
Federal Emergency Management Agency
FGDC
Federal Geographic Data Committee
FHWA
Federal Highway Administration
FTA
Federal Transit Administration
FWS
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
GASB
Government Accounting Standards Board
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
GIS
Geographic Information System
GNP
Gross National Product
GPI
Genuine Progress Indicator
GWA
Greater Wasatch Area
HUD
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
IRIS
Integrated Risk Information System (EPA)
ISTEA
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act
ITDB
Intermodal Transportation Database (DOT)
LEM
Location Efficient Mortgage
MAUP
Modifiable area unit problem
MPO
Metropolitan planning organizations
NAFTA
North American Free Trade Agreement
NCSS
National Cooperative Soil Survey Program (NRCS)
NEPA
National Environmental Policy Act
NHD
National Hydrography Dataset
NOx
Nitric oxides
NRC
National Research Council
NRCS
Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA)
NSDI
National Spatial Data Infrastructure
NWI
National Wetlands Inventory (FWS)
NWIS
National Water Information System (USGS)
QGET
Quality Growth Efficiency Tools
REIS
Regional Economic Information System
RF3
Reach File 3 (EPA)
R-Maps
Research Maps (HUD)
SDI Group
U.S. Interagency Working Group on Sustainable Development Indicators
SSURGO
Soil Survey Geographic database (NRCS)
TEA-21
Transportation and Equity Act for the Twenty-First Century
USDA
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USFS
United States Forest Service
USGCRP
U.S. Global Charge Research Program
USGS
U.S. Geological Survey
