Implementing a comprehensive approach for evaluating significance and disturbance in protected karst areas to guide management strategies

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 130, Issue , 2013, Pages 386-396

  Angulo, Bárbara ^a   Morales, Tomás ^a   Uriarte, Jesús A ^a   Antigüedad, Iñaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental indicators; GIS; Index; Karst; Management strategies; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; MAPS;

BIOTICS; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES; INDEX; KARST; KARST AREAS; KARST ENVIRONMENT; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; NATURAL SYSTEMS; PROTECTED AREAS;

PARKS;

BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GIS; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; KARST; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PRIORITIZATION; PROTECTED AREA; THEMATIC MAPPING;

ARTICLE; BIOTA; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOIL COMPACTION; SOIL EROSION; SPAIN;

BASQUE COUNTRY; SPAIN;

ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; GIS; INDEX; KARST; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; PROTECTED AREAS;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHY; SPAIN;

EID: 84885449337     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.08.057     Document Type: Article

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