Vulnerability assessment for supporting the revitalisation of river floodplains

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 34, Issue , 2013, Pages 69-78

  Pataki, B ^a,b   Zsuffa, I ^a   Hunyady, A ^a  

^a VITUKI   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Floodplain restoration; Modelling; Vulnerability assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOPHYSICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DREDGING; ECOSYSTEM; EVAPORATION; FLOODPLAIN; GROWING SEASON; HUNGARY; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENTATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84890233728     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2012.08.010     Document Type: Article

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