Quantifying changes in flooding and habitats in the Tonle Sap Lake (Cambodia) caused by water infrastructure development and climate change in the Mekong Basin

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 112, Issue , 2012, Pages 53-66

  Arias, Mauricio E ^a   Cochrane, Thomas A ^a   Piman, Thanapon ^a   Kummu, Matti ^b   Caruso, Brian S ^a   Killeen, Timothy J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c WORLD WILDLIFE FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Flood pulse; GIS; Habitat modeling; Hydro ecology; Mekong River Basin; Natural resources management; Tonle Sap Lake; Tropical floodplain

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; RIVERS; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

FLOOD PLAINS; FLOOD PULSE; HABITAT MODELLING; HYDRO-ECOLOGY; INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT; MEKONG RIVER BASINS; TONLE SAP LAKE; TONLE SAPS; TROPICAL FLOODPLAIN; WATER INFRASTRUCTURE;

LAKES;

WATER;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FIELD; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; GIS; HABITAT RESTORATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; LAND COVER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIVER BASIN; WATER SUPPLY;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP; FLOODING; GRASSLAND; HABITAT; HUMAN; LAKE; LANDSCAPE; SCRUB;

CAMBODIA; MEKONG BASIN; TONLE SAP LAKE;

EID: 84864741787     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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