The consequences of land-use change and water demands in Central Mongolia

Land Use Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 4-10

  Priess, Joerg A ^a,b   Schweitzer, Christian ^a,b   Wimmer, Florian ^b   Batkhishig, Ochirbat ^c   Mimler, Matthias ^b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^c Soil Laboratory   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Hydrological model; Integrated water resources management (IWRM); Land use model; Mongolian agriculture; SITE framework; Socio environmental system; Water use

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAND USE CHANGE; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RESOURCE USE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

MONGOLIA;

EID: 77956748641     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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