An inter-continental comparison between the environmental histories of two lake catchment systems in montane environments of France and South West China

Water History

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 95-120

  Crook, D S ^a   Dearing, J A ^b   Jones, R T ^c   Elvin, M ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Flood regimes; France China; Lake catchment comparison; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CATCHMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODING; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; LAND USE CHANGE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; RECONSTRUCTION; SEVENTEENTH CENTURY;

CHINA; FRANCE;

EID: 80255129241     PISSN: 18777236     EISSN: 18777244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12685-011-0038-3     Document Type: Article

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