Impacts of urbanisation on river systems and their functions in Yanggong River watershed of Lijiang City

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 498-502

  Wang, Cuiping ^a,b   Wang, Danyin ^a,b   Wang, Haowei ^a,b   Dong, Rencai ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b XIAMEN KEY LAB OF URBAN METABOLISM   (China)

^c RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

river systems; river systems protection; urbanisation; watershed ecosystem function

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; GIS; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER SYSTEM; SUSTAINABILITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY; URBANIZATION;

CHINA; LIJIANG; YUNNAN;

EID: 84863229998     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504509.2011.603759     Document Type: Article

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