Evaluation of river restoration by local residents

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 7077-7087

  Seidl, Roman ^a   Stauffacher, Michael ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

acceptance; aesthetics; farmers; flood protection; general public; river restoration

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE; AESTHETICS; FARMERS; FLOOD PROTECTION; GENERAL PUBLICS; RIVER RESTORATION;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; FLOODS; RESTORATION; RIVERS; RURAL AREAS;

FLOOD CONTROL;

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; ESTHETICS; FLOOD; LANDSCAPE; RIVER;

SWITZERLAND; THUR RIVER [SWITZERLAND];

EID: 84886147487     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013WR013988     Document Type: Article

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