A systems analysis of soil and forest degradation in a mid-hill watershed of Nepal using a bio-economic model

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 435-446

  Sitaula, Bishal K ^a   Sankhayan, P L ^a   Bajracharya, R M ^b   Singh, B R ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Bio economic; Degradation; Forest; Model; Nepal; Soil

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGRADATION; EROSION; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOILS;

BIO-ECONOMIC MODEL; FOREST DEGRADATION; SOIL LOSS;

WATERSHEDS;

DEFORESTATION; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FOREST SOIL; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION;

DEGRADATION; FORESTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SIMULATION; SOIL EROSION; WATER SHEDS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 27144502058     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.671     Document Type: Article

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