The environmental impact of not having paved roads in arid regions: An example from Mongolia

Ambio

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 202-205

  Keshkamat, S S ^a   Tsendbazar, N E ^b   Zuidgeest, M H P ^a   Van Der Veen, A ^a   De Leeuw, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; COMPACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND TENURE; PAVEMENT; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WATER FLOW;

ARTICLE; DESERT CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MONGOLIA; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DESERT CLIMATE; MONGOLIA; TRANSPORTATION;

MONGOLIA;

EID: 84859936094     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-011-0155-3     Document Type: Article

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