Housing development as an application of ecological engineering on streamside

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1190-1199

  Pei, Yuansheng ^a   Tian, Zhaohui ^a,b   Yang, Zhifeng ^a   Zhang, Kejiang ^c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecohydrology; Ecological benefit; Housing and land development; Runoff purification; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOLOGICAL BENEFIT; ECOLOGICAL BENEFITS; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; HIERARCHY STRUCTURE; HOUSING DEVELOPMENT; HOUSING PROJECTS; LANDSCAPE PROTECTION; STUDY SITES; TECHNICAL SCHEME;

BANK PROTECTION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HYDROLOGY; PURIFICATION; REGIONAL PLANNING; RUNOFF; VEGETATION; WATER;

HOUSING;

CORRELATION; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; HOUSING PROJECT; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; SITE INVESTIGATION; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY;

EID: 67649405981     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2009.03.011     Document Type: Article

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