Estimation of landscape potential for construction of surface-flow wetlands for wastewater treatment in Estonia

Environmental Management

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 303-313

  Lesta, Merje ^a   Mauring, Tõnu ^b   Mander, Ülo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b Centre for Ecological Engineering Tartu   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Landscape analysis; Landscape map; Orthophotos; Soil map; Suitability analysis

Indexed keywords

LANDSCAPE FACTORS; MULTILEVEL SUITABILITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE FLOW WETLANDS (SFW);

HYDROGEOLOGY; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

LAND USE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ESTIMATION METHOD; LANDSCAPE; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; ORTHOPHOTO; REGIONAL PLANNING; THEMATIC MAPPING; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESTONIA; GEOLOGY; LANDSCAPE; LANDSCAPING; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SOIL PROPERTY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTONIA; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

BALTIC STATES; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34547097789     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-005-0278-z     Document Type: Article

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