Using GIS, terrain attributes and hydrologic models to predict the risk of soil erosion and stream water deterioration caused by forest roads

MODSIM05 - International Congress on Modelling and Simulation: Advances and Applications for Management and Decision Making, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 2672-2678

  Farabi, H ^a,b   James, R ^b  

^a Gorgan University   (Iran)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Forest roads; GIS; Hydrologic connectivity; Risk; Water quality impacts

Indexed keywords

ANDERSONS; DRAINAGE AREA; DRAINAGE STRUCTURES; FIELD DATA; FLOW DISTANCE; FLOW PATHWAYS; FOREST ROAD NETWORKS; FOREST ROADS; FORESTED CATCHMENTS; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; HILLSLOPES; HYDROLOGIC CONNECTIVITY; HYDROLOGIC MODELS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; INTEGRATED METHODOLOGY; MONTGOMERY; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; ROAD NETWORK; ROAD SYSTEMS; SEDIMENT SOURCES; SOIL AND WATER; SOIL EROSION; STREAM POWER INDEX; STREAM SEDIMENTS; STREAM WATER; STREAM WATER QUALITY; STUDY AREAS; TERRAIN ATTRIBUTES; TIMBER HARVESTING; TOPOGRAPHIC INDEX; WATER QUALITY IMPACTS; COMPOUND TOPOGRAPHIC INDICES; MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES; RUNOFF AND SEDIMENTS;

AGRICULTURE; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; DETERIORATION; EROSION; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; HIGHWAY PLANNING; LANDFORMS; LOGGING (FORESTRY); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; RATING; RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISKS; ROADS AND STREETS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOILS; TIMBER; WATER QUALITY; QUALITY CONTROL; SEDIMENTS;

RIVERS;

EID: 80053101906     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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