Restoration design for Three Gorges Reservoir shorelands, combining Chinese traditional agro-ecological knowledge with landscape ecological analysis

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 71, Issue , 2014, Pages 584-597

  Chen, Chundi ^a   Meurk, Colin ^a   Chen, Jilong ^a   Lv, Mingquan ^a   Wen, Zhaofei ^a   Jiang, Yi ^a   Wu, Shengjun ^a  

^a University of Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Drawdown zone; Three Gorges Reservoir; Traditional ecological knowledge; Wetland

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; ECOSYSTEMS; FISH PONDS; LAKES; SURVEYS; WATER LEVELS; WETLANDS; ECOLOGY; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CHANGING ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; THREE GORGES RESERVOIR; TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE; ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGROECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; LANDSCAPE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL EROSION; TERRACE; WETLAND; DESIGN; FARMING SYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PREDICTION; TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE; WATER USE;

CHINA; THREE GORGES RESERVOIR; HUBEI; THREE GORGES DAM;

EID: 84906511387     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.07.008     Document Type: Article

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