A case study of channel change during urbanization: The San Antonio River from 1830-2004

World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2008: Ahupua'a - Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2008

Volumn 316, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Curran, Joanna C ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

Case reports; Channels; Rivers; Texas; Urban development

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORTS; CHANNEL CHANGE; CHANNEL MIGRATION; CHANNELS; IMPERVIOUS COVER; MORPHOLOGY CHANGES; PHYSICAL PROCESS; PLANFORM; RIVER BASINS; RIVER MORPHOLOGY; SAN ANTONIO; STUDY AREAS; TEMPORAL SCALE; TEXAS; TIME FRAME; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WATERSHED AREAS;

LANDFORMS; MORPHOLOGY; RIVERS; ROADS AND STREETS; STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS;

WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 79251498954     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40976(316)337     Document Type: Conference Paper

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