An assessment of catchment condition in Australia

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 205-214

  Walker, Joe ^a   Dowling, Trevor ^a   Veitch, Simon ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Fisheries and Forestry ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

GIS; Index; Indicators; Water catchment assessments

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LAND USE; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; VISUALIZATION; WATER RESOURCES;

INDEX; INDICATORS; WATER CATCHMENT ASSESSMENTS;

CATCHMENTS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CATCHMENT; GIS; LAND USE; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 32344439329     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2005.08.020     Document Type: Article

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