Soil degradation and altered flood risk as a consequence of deforestation

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 478-485

  de la Paix, M J ^a,c   Lanhai, L ^a   Xi, C ^a   Ahmed, S ^b   Varenyam, A ^a  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b University of Nevada Las Vegas   (United States)

^c Independent Institute of Lay Adventists of Kigali   (Rwanda)

Author keywords

Climate change; Deforestation; Environment; Erosion; Flood risks; Rwanda

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENT; FLOOD RISKS; PRIMARY OBJECTIVE; RIVER FLOODS; RWANDA; SOCIETAL RISKS; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; EROSION; SOILS;

FLOODS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; FLOOD; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION;

RWANDA;

EID: 84885484061     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.1147     Document Type: Article

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