Developing a simplified river landscape assessment model: Examples from the Chungkang and Touchien rivers, Taiwan

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 127, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 489-502

  Chen, Shiang Yuarn ^a,b   Lin, Jen Yang ^b  

^a CHUNG HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Landscape assessment; Landscape element; Landscape evaluation; River landscape; Visual Resource Management (VRM)

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS;

LANDSCAPE ELEMENT; LANSCAPE ASSESSMENT; RIVER LANDSCAPE; RIVER MANAGEMENT; VISUAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (VRM);

RIVERS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; MODELING; RIVER MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TAIWAN; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; RIVERS; TAIWAN;

ASIA; CHUNGKANG RIVER; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN; TOUCHIEN RIVER;

EID: 33847629677     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9297-3     Document Type: Article

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