Land use change, conservation measures and stream channel response in the Mediterranean/semiarid transition zone: Nahal Hoga, southern Coastal Plain, Israel

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn 236, Issue , 1996, Pages 427-444

  Rozin, Uri ^a,b   Schick, Asher P ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b EXTENSION SERVICE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); COASTAL ZONES; CULTIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EROSION; LAND USE; SURFACE WATERS;

BANK EROSION; CATCHMENT; ISRAEL; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPES; MEDITERRANEAN ZONE; SEMIARID TRANSITION ZONE; STREAM CHANNEL RESPONSE; VEGETATION;

DRAINAGE;

EID: 0012601880     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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