The Han River watershed management initiative for the South-to-North Water Transfer Project (Middle Route) of China

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 148, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 369-377

  Zhang, Quanfa ^a   Xu, Zhifang ^b   Shen, Zehao ^c   Li, Siyue ^a   Wang, Shusen ^d  

^a Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chemical properties of stream; Interbasin water transfer; Land cover and land use; Riparian zone; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; MANAGEMENT; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

BEIJING; INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; INTERBASIN WATER TRANSFER; LAND COVER AND LAND USE; LAND USE AND LAND COVER CHANGES; NUTRIENT CYCLING; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEMS; RIPARIAN ZONE; RIVER BASINS; RIVER WATERSHEDS; TEMPORAL VARIATIONS; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

RIVERS;

RIVER WATER;

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LAND COVER; LAND USE; RIPARIAN ZONE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; CHINA; LAND USE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TABLE MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; RIVERS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY; WETLANDS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HAN RIVER [HUBEI]; HUBEI;

EID: 58049134646     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0167-z     Document Type: Article

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