High and dry: Comparing literature review approaches to reveal the data that informs the geomorphic management of regulated river floodplains

Wetlands

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 215-224

  Grove, James R ^a   Webb, J Angus ^a   Marren, Philip M ^a   Stewardson, Michael J ^a   Wealands, Stephen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental flows; Environmental management; Floodplain; Geomorphology

Indexed keywords

BASIN MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; DATABASE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FLOODPLAIN; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LITERATURE REVIEW; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 84863728011     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-011-0253-9     Document Type: Review

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