Optimal watershed management for reservoir sustainability: Economic appraisal

Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 129-138

  Lee, Yoon ^a   Yoon, Taeyeon ^b   Shah, Farhed A ^b  

^a Korea Environment Institute (KEI)   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Optimal control theory; Reservoir sediment management; Sustainable reservoir lifetime; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; CONSERVATION EFFECTIVENESS; COOPERATIVE STRATEGY; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; OPTIMAL CONTROL THEORY; RESERVOIR SEDIMENTS; SUSTAINABLE RESERVOIR LIFETIME; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

CONTROL; CONTROL THEORY; OPTIMIZATION; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; PRICE DYNAMICS; RESERVOIR; SOIL CONSERVATION; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED;

EID: 84879563169     PISSN: 07339496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000232     Document Type: Article

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