Construction of a drainage channel at Inner Deep Bay, Hong Kong: Mitigating ecological and landscape impact through an environmentally friendly design

Landscape and Ecological Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 179-185

  Lai, Patrick C C ^a   Lee, W H ^a   Wong, Bryan S F ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Drainage channel; Ecological impact; EIA study; Fishponds; Wetland birds

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ARDEIDAE; AVES;

EID: 35549002805     PISSN: 18601871     EISSN: 1860188X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11355-007-0027-y     Document Type: Article

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