Restoration of the Golden Horn Estuary (Halic)

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 4989-5003

  Coleman, Heather M ^a   Kanat, Gurdal ^b   Aydinol Turkdogan, F Ilter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Environmental restoration; Golden Horn Estuary; Industrial contamination; Istanbul, Turkey; Sewage pollution; Water quality management

Indexed keywords

RESTORATION; SEWAGE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; URBAN GROWTH; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GOLDEN HORN; GOLDEN HORN ESTUARY; ICONICS; INDUSTRIAL CONTAMINATION; ISTANBUL; SEWAGE POLLUTIONS; SOCIAL CHALLENGES; THICK LAYERS; WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ESTUARIES;

HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

CULTURAL IDENTITY; DEMOLITION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; ESTUARY; LITERATURE REVIEW; POLLUTION CONTROL; RELOCATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

AQUATIC SPECIES; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ESTUARY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEDIMENTATION; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URBANIZATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

EURASIA; GOLDEN HORN; ISTANBUL [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 70649090275     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.08.047     Document Type: Review

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