From research to application: Management implications from studies of urban river channel adjustment

Geography Compass

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 297-328

  Chin, Anne ^a   Gregory, Ken ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; LAND USE PLANNING; RIVER CHANNEL; RIVER MANAGEMENT; RUNOFF; URBAN AREA; URBAN DRAINAGE;

EID: 59849128463     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2008.00193.x     Document Type: Article

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