Environmental flow requirements for integrated water resources allocation in the Yellow River Basin, China

Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2469-2481

  Yang, Z F ^a   Sun, T ^a   Cui, B S ^a   Chen, B ^a   Chen, G Q ^b  

^a Beijing Normal University   (China)

^b Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

Consumptive water use; Environmental flow requirements; Water resources allocation; Yellow River Basin

Indexed keywords

RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RIVERS; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

CONSUMPTIVE WATER USE; ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW; ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW REQUIREMENT; FLOW REQUIREMENTS; NATURAL RIVER; RIVER BASINS; WATER CONSUMPTION; WATER RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WATER USE; YELLOW RIVER BASIN;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 56049108624     PISSN: 10075704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnsns.2007.12.015     Document Type: Article

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