Indexing the environmental vulnerability of mountain streams in Azerbaijan

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 73-82

  Abbasov, Rovshan K ^a   Smakhtin, Vladimir U ^b  

^a KHAZAR UNIVERSITY   (Azerbaijan)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Azerbaijan; environmental flow; environmental vulnerability index; indicator assessment; land use; pollution; Small streams; water withdrawal

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MOUNTAIN STREAM; RIVER FLOW; RIVER SYSTEM; VULNERABILITY; WATER RESOURCE;

AZERBAIJAN;

EID: 84858398834     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-11-00012.1     Document Type: Article

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