Mass movements and conservation management in Malta

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 77-89

  Dykes, Alan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation management; Geomorphology; Hazard assessment; Mass movement

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; HAZARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLOPE STABILITY;

CLAY FORMATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE; FIELD SURVEYS; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LABORATORY ANALYSIS; MASS CONSERVATION; MASS MOVEMENT; NATURALLY OCCURRING;

LEISURE;

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; LANDSLIDE; MASS MOVEMENT; SLOPE STABILITY;

ARTICLE; CLAY; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LABORATORY TEST; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LEISURE; MALTA; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; RECREATION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

MALTA;

EID: 0036736035     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jema.2002.0577     Document Type: Article

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