Modelling environmental variables for geohazards and georesources assessment to support sustainable land-use decisions in Zaragoza (Spain)

Geomorphology

Volumn 111, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 88-103

  Lamelas, M T ^a,b   Hoppe, A ^a   de la Riva, J ^b   Marinoni, O ^c  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agricultural capability; Ebro Basin; Erosion susceptibility; GIS; Spain

Indexed keywords

EROSION; FLOODPLAIN; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GIS; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE PLANNING; MODELING; SLOPE; URBANIZATION;

ARAGON; EBRO BASIN; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; ZARAGOZA;

EID: 68249108304     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.10.021     Document Type: Article

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