Introduction

Large Rivers: Geomorphology and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-5

  Gupta, Avijit ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biggest negative environmental impacts; Late Quaternary megafloods; Monsoonal tropics and meltwater floods; Morphological and behavioural adjustments; Natural and anthropogenic causes; Random and organized mismanagement; Rift valleys and cratonic settings; Sediment load; Structural control and high erosion rates; Structured water utilization

Indexed keywords

STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

ANTHROPOGENIC CAUSE; EROSION RATES; LATE QUATERNARY; MORPHOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIOURAL ADJUSTMENTS; RANDOM AND ORGANIZED MISMANAGEMENT; RIFT VALLEY; SEDIMENT LOADS; WATER UTILIZATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 84889390428     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470723722.ch1     Document Type: Editorial

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