Integrated planning for the resilience of urban riverine ecosystems: The Istanbul-Omerli watershed case

Ecohydrology and Hydrobiology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 153-163

  Tezer, Azime ^a   Sen, Omer Lutfi ^a   Aksehirli, Ilke ^a   Cetin, Nuket Ipek ^a   Onur, Aliye Ceren Tan ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adaptive mitigation; Climate change; Ecosystem services; Istanbul; Omerli watershed; Spatial planning

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; INTEGRATED APPROACH; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; RIVER MANAGEMENT; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY; WATERSHED;

ISTANBUL [TURKEY]; OMERLI RESERVOIR; TURKEY;

EID: 84875552303     PISSN: 16423593     EISSN: 20803397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10104-012-0015-1     Document Type: Article

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