Assessing the impact of human activities on hydrological and sediment changes (1953-2000) in nine major catchments of the Loess Plateau, China

River Research and Applications

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 322-340

  Yang, Tao ^a,b,c   Xu, Chong Yu ^d   Chen, Xi ^a   Singh, Vijay P ^e   Shao, Quan Xi ^f   Hao, Zhen Chun ^a,b   Tao, Xin ^g  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Yellow River Institute of Hydraulic Research   (China)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e Texas A and M University   (United States)

^f CSIRO   (Australia)

^g YELLOW RIVER INSTITUTE OF HYDRAULIC RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Eco environmental system; Indicators of hydrologic alteration (IHA); Range of variability approach (RVA); Soil conservation measures; Spatial assessment; The Loess plateau; The yellow river

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CATCHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL CONSERVATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU; YELLOW RIVER BASIN;

EID: 77149120140     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1267     Document Type: Article

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