Assessment of non-point source pollution using a spatial multicriteria analysis approach

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 222, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 313-321

  Zhang, H ^a   Huang, G H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geographic information system; Multicriteria analysis; Non point source pollution; The Huai River Basin

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORTS; DIFFUSE NITROGEN; DRIVING FORCES; EXISTING METHOD; FLOW PATH; GLOBAL CONTEXT; LAND AREAS; LOCAL DATA; MODEL FORMULATION; MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS; MULTI-CRITERIA METHOD; NITROGEN EXPORT; NITROGEN LOSS; NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NPS POLLUTION; NUTRIENT EXPORT; REGIONAL PATTERN; RIVER BASINS; RUNOFF GENERATION; SUBBASINS; THE HUAI RIVER BASIN; WATERBODIES;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; EUTROPHICATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; POLLUTION CONTROL; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

DATA SET; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EUTROPHICATION; GIS; MAP; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; POLLUTION CONTROL; RIVER POLLUTION; RUNOFF; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; HUAI BASIN;

EID: 78649970581     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.12.011     Document Type: Article

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