Land use scenario development as a tool for watershed management within the Rio Mannu Basin

Land Use Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 691-701

  De Girolamo, A M ^a   Lo Porto, A ^a  

^a WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biofuel crops; Land use scenarios; SWAT model; Ungauged basin; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; STAKEHOLDER; STREAMFLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ITALY; SARDINIA;

BRASSICA NAPUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 84855275899     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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