Improvement of urban water environment of Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, by ecotechnology

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 728-734

  Yang, Lei ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Irrigation canal; Stormwater storage; Sustainable water management; Urban areas

Indexed keywords

CLEAN WATERS; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; DRY SEASONS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECOTECHNOLOGY; IRRIGATION CHANNELS; LOCAL PEOPLE; STORMWATER STORAGE; SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT; URBAN AREAS; URBAN WATER ENVIRONMENTS; WET SEASON;

HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; IRRIGATION CANALS; STORMS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WETLANDS;

WATER POLLUTION;

RAIN; STORM WATER;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FLOOD; IRRIGATION; POLLUTANT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER RESOURCE;

EFFLUENT; GOVERNMENT; REVIEW; RIVER; SEWAGE; TAIWAN; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; RAIN; TAIWAN; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY; WETLANDS;

KAOHSIUNG; TAIWAN;

EID: 84864397716     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2012.235     Document Type: Review

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