Water resource management in Japan: Forest management or dam reservoirs?

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 814-823

  Komatsu, Hikaru ^a   Kume, Tomonori ^b   Otsuki, Kyoichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DAMS; FLOW RATE; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; DAM RESERVOIRS; ENDMEMBERS; LOW FLOW; MANAGEMENT IS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; RESERVOIR DEVELOPMENT; RUNOFF DATA; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

DEFORESTATION;

CATCHMENT; CLEARCUTTING; DEFORESTATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RESERVOIR; RUNOFF; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFORESTATION; FLOW RATE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; JAPAN; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS; WATER FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

JAPAN;

EID: 77749338098     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2009.10.011     Document Type: Article

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