Creating a catchment scale perspective for river restoration

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2995-3015

  Benda, L ^a   Miller, D ^a   Barquan J ^b  

^a Earth Systems Institute   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS INSTITUTE IH CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT SCALE; COMPUTER TOOLS; CONTROL STRUCTURE; COST EFFECTIVE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ECOLOGICAL PRODUCTIVITY; FLOOD PLAINS; FLOW REGIMES; GEOMORPHIC PROCESS; HILLSLOPES; HUMAN INFRASTRUCTURE; IN-CHANNELS; MORPHOLOGICAL PATTERNS; MULTIPLE CHANNELS; RESTORATION PLANNING; RIPARIAN RESTORATION; RIVER CATCHMENT; RIVER CHANNELS; RIVER NETWORK; RIVER RESTORATION; SPATIAL PATTERNS; VALLEY FLOOR; VALLEY TOPOGRAPHY;

FLOORS; FORESTRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; LEVEES; REMOTE SENSING; RESTORATION; RIVER CONTROL; RUNOFF;

CATCHMENTS;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CATCHMENT; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; FLUVIAL LANDFORM; HILLSLOPE; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; LAND USE; RIPARIAN ZONE; RIVER CHANNEL; RIVER FLOW; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VALLEY;

PAS BASIN; SPAIN;

EID: 80053381290     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-2995-2011     Document Type: Review

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