Urban watershed studies in Southern Brazil

Journal of Urban and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 70-78

  Poleto, Cristiano ^a   Merten, Gustavo Henrique ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fluvial suspended sediments; Metals; River morphology; Socioeconomic conditions; Urban dusts; Urban watershed

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649787578     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19823932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4090/juee.2007.v1n2.070078     Document Type: Article

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