Assessing ecological security at the watershed scale based on RS/GIS: A case study from the Hanjiang River Basin

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 307-318

  Yu, Guangming ^a   Zhang, Shu ^a   Yu, Qiwu ^a   Fan, Yong ^a   Zeng, Qun ^a   Wu, Lei ^a   Zhou, RuiRui ^a   Nan, Na ^a   Zhao, Pengjie ^a  

^a CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Degree of ecological security; Ecological security assessment; Indicator system; Spatial analysis; Watershed management; Watershed scale

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; RIVERS; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ECOLOGICAL SECURITY; INDICATOR SYSTEM; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED SCALE;

WATERSHEDS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED;

CHINA; HAN RIVER [HUBEI-SHAANXI];

EID: 84890994344     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: 14363259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-013-0750-x     Document Type: Article

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