Impacts of urbanization on river system structure: A case study on Qinhuai River Basin, Yangtze River Delta

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 671-677

  Ji, Xiaomin ^a   Xu, Youpeng ^a   Han, Longfei ^a   Yang, Liu ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Qinhuai River Basin; River structure; Urbanization; Water environment; Water resource

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAPS; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIATIONS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INSTREAM STRUCTURES; QINHUAI RIVER BASINS; REMOTE SENSING IMAGES; URBANIZATION; WATER ENVIRONMENTS; YANGTZE RIVER DELTA;

RIVERS;

DISTURBANCE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER SYSTEM; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; URBANIZATION; WATER RESOURCE;

ARTICLE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOODING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HUMAN; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; STORAGE; STREAM (RIVER); URBANIZATION; WATER SUPPLY; RIVER;

CHINA; JIANGSU; QINHUAI BASIN;

CHINA; FLOODS; RIVERS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84907354494     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2014.278     Document Type: Article

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