Relationships between runoff and land degradation on non-cultivated land in the Middle Hills of Nepal

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 59-73

  Gardner, R A M ^a   Gerrard, A J ^b  

^a Royal Town Planning Institute   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Himalaya; Nepal; Rainfall; Runoff; Soil; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749226972     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504500209470103     Document Type: Article

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