Local residents' perceptions of floodplain restoration measures in Luxembourg's Syr Valley

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 20-30

  Schaich, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Grazing; Human dimension; Landscape planning; Public preferences; River restoration; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); FLOOD CONTROL; LAND USE; RESTORATION; RIVERS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WETLANDS;

GRAZING; HUMAN DIMENSIONS; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; PUBLIC PREFERENCES; RIVER RESTORATION;

FLOODS;

FLOODPLAIN; GRAZING; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WETLAND;

EID: 69849090619     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2009.05.020     Document Type: Article

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