Upstream to downstream: A multiple-assessment-point approach for targeting non-point-source priority management areas at large watershed scale

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1265-1272

  Chen, L ^a   Zhong, Y ^a   Wei, G ^a   Shen, Z ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; POLLUTION CONTROL; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

CONSERVATION PRACTICES; DOWNSTREAM AREAS; LARGE WATERSHEDS; LARGE-SCALE WATERSHEDS; MANAGEMENT AREAS; NONPOINT SOURCES; NONPOINT-SOURCE POLLUTION (NPS); RIVER WATERSHEDS;

RIVERS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CATCHMENT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

CHINA; CHONGQING; DANING RIVER;

EID: 84897512044     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-18-1265-2014     Document Type: Article

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