GIS-supported mitigation of the impact of hydropower dams on the flood plains of the Drava-Mura Rivers in Croatia/Hungary

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 289, 2004, Pages 178-187

  Schwarz, Ulrich ^a   Bloesch, Jürg ^b  

^a Fluvius   (Austria)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Flood plains; GIS mapping; Hydropower impact; River morphology

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DAMS; FLOODS; IN SITU PROCESSING; LANDFORMS; REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS;

CROATIA; FLOOD PLAINS; GIS MAPPING; HUNGARY; HYDROPOWER IMPACT; RIVER MORPHOLOGY;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

DAM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GIS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; MITIGATION; REMOTE SENSING;

DRAU RIVER; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 7044284826     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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