Modelling the effect of forest cover on shallow landslides at the river basin scale

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 317-327

  Bathurst, James C ^a   Bovolo, C Isabella ^a   Cisneros, Felipe ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE CUENCA   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Ecuador; Landslides; Model uncertainty; Modelling; Reforestation; River basin; Root binding; SHETRAN

Indexed keywords

BASIN SEDIMENTS; CRITICAL PARTS; ECUADOR; FOREST COVER; GEOTECHNICAL SLOPE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; IMPACT MODEL; IMPERFECT DATA; LAND MANAGEMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELLING; MODEL OUTPUTS; MODEL UNCERTAINTIES; MODEL UNCERTAINTY; OPTIMUM STRATEGY; PARAMETER UNCERTAINTY; PHYSICALLY BASED; PHYSICALLY BASED MODELS; POSSIBLE FUTURES; RIVER BASINS; SHALLOW LANDSLIDE; SHALLOW LANDSLIDING; SHETRAN MODEL; STABILITY MODELS; SYSTEMATIC INVESTIGATIONS; VEGETATION COVER;

GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER; LAND USE; LANDSLIDES; REFORESTATION; REVEGETATION; RIVERS; SLOPE PROTECTION; SOIL MOISTURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATERSHEDS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOREST COVER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND RECLAMATION; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDSLIDE; REFORESTATION; RIVER BASIN; SOIL MOISTURE;

BINDING; GROUND WATER; LAND USE; MOISTURE; REFORESTATION; RIVERS; ROOTS; WATER SHEDS;

ECUADOR;

EID: 76349117245     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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