The eco-social transformation of urban wetlands: A case study of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 132, Issue , 2014, Pages 55-68

  Hettiarachchi, Missaka ^a   Morrison, Tiffany H ^a   Wickramsinghe, Deepthi ^b   Mapa, Ranjith ^d   De Alwis, Ajith ^c   McAlpine, Clive A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Community ecosystem use; Ecological transformation; Hydrological modifications; Nutrient enrichment; Urban wetlands; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; WETLANDS;

COMMUNITY ECOSYSTEM USE; ECOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODIFICATIONS; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENTS; URBAN WETLANDS; URBANIZATION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN HISTORY; URBANIZATION; WETLAND;

COLOMBO [WESTERN PROVINCE]; SRI LANKA; WESTERN PROVINCE [SRI LANKA];

EID: 84907694785     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2014.08.006     Document Type: Article

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