A new rainwater harvesting and recycling system for transforming sloping land into terraced farmland

Journal of Mountain Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 205-214

  Shi, Yuan zhi ^a   Wang, Yue hong ^b   Cui, Yuan lai ^a   Wang, Shi wu ^c   Zhang, Yu shuai ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Water Resources and Hydropower Bureau of Fuyang City   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG INSTITUTE OF HYDRAULICS AND ESTUARY   (China)

Author keywords

Hills; Rainwater harvesting; Recycling; Sloping land; Terraced farmland

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893042738     PISSN: 16726316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11629-013-2855-6     Document Type: Article

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