The impact of land use change in the Xiangxi Catchment (China) on water balance and sediment transport

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 485-498

  Bieger, Katrin ^a   Hörmann, Georg ^a   Fohrer, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Land use change; Land use scenario; Sediment yield; Sustainable development; SWAT; Three Gorges Region; Water balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874729481     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-013-0429-3     Document Type: Article

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