The long road to improving the water quality of the western bug river (ukraine) - a multi-scale analysis

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 519, Issue PC, 2014, Pages 2436-2447

  Hagemann, N ^a   Blumensaat, F ^b   Tavares Wahren, F ^b   Trumper J ^b   Burmeister, C ^b   Moynihan, R ^a   Scheifhacken, N ^b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

River basin management; Transition countries; Water quality assessment

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; INSTITUTIONAL FORCES; INTER-DISCIPLINARY STUDIES; MULTI SCALE ANALYSIS; RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT; TRANSITION COUNTRIES; WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENTS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION; BASIN MANAGEMENT; DOMESTIC WASTE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; MINING; ROAD; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

BUG RIVER; UKRAINE;

EID: 84912093378     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.01.013     Document Type: Article

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