Quantifying the sustainability of water use systems: Calculating the balance between network efficiency and resilience

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 222, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1771-1780

  Li, Y ^a   Yang, Z F ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ecological network theory; Network efficiency; Network resilience; The Haihe River Basin; Water use systems

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL NETWORKS; HAIHE RIVER BASIN; NETWORK EFFICIENCY; NETWORK RESILIENCE; WATER USE SYSTEMS;

CIRCUIT THEORY; ECOLOGY; EFFICIENCY; OPTIMIZATION; RIVERS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

WATER CONSERVATION;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BASIN MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; RESEARCH WORK; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE;

CHINA; HAI BASIN;

EID: 79954572256     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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