Ecological rehabilitation of the Schelde Estuary (The Netherlands-Belgium; Northwest Europe): Linking ecology, safety against floods, and accessibility for port development

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 204-214

  Van den Bergh, Ericia ^a   Van Damme, Stefan ^b   Graveland, Jaap ^c   de Jong, Dick ^c   Baten, Ingrid ^a   Meire, Patrick ^b  

^a Ministry of the Flemish Community   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management RIKZ   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ecological rehabilitation; Integrated management; Northwest Europe; Schelde estuary

Indexed keywords

COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FLOOD CONTROL; INTEGRATED APPROACH; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERSCHELDE; WORLD; ZEELAND;

EID: 16344367450     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2005.00025.x     Document Type: Article

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