Public support for river restoration funding in relation to local river ecomorphology, population density, and mean income

Water Resources Research

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Schläpfer, Felix ^a   Witzig, Pieter Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOOD DAMAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RIVER BASIN PROJECTS;

FINANCING SCHEMES; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVER ECOMORPHOLOGY; RIVER RESTORATION;

RIVERS;

FLOOD DAMAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RIVER BASIN PROJECTS; RIVERS;

AID FLOW; ECOMORPHOLOGY; FLOOD DAMAGE; HABITAT RESTORATION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; POPULATION DENSITY;

BERN [BERN (ADS)]; BERN [SWITZERLAND]; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33846599755     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR004940     Document Type: Article

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