Environmental demands for sustainable regulation schemes in the humid tropics

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 308, 2006, Pages 569-572

  Chaves, Anny ^a   Krasovskaia, Irina ^b   Gottschalk, Lars ^b  

^a INSTITUTO COSTARRICENSE DE ELECTRICIDAD   (Costa Rica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Environmental demands; Expert panel approach; Habitat preference; Indicator species; Sustainable runoff

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL DEMANDS; EXPERT PANEL APPROACH; HABITAT PREFERENCE; INDICATOR SPECIES; SUSTAINABLE RUNOFF;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

BIOINDICATOR; DEMAND ANALYSIS; HABITAT SELECTION; HUMID TROPICS; RIVER FLOW; RUNOFF; SUSTAINABILITY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

EID: 33845545274     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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