Land use/cover change in the middle reaches of the heihe river basin over 2000-2011 and its implications for sustainable water resource management

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Hu, Xiaoli ^a   Lu, Ling ^a   Li, Xin ^a   Wang, Jianhua ^a   Guo, Ming ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; SURFACE WATER;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESERT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FOREST SOIL; GRASSLAND; LAND EXPANSION; LAND USE; RIVER BASIN; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER SUPPLY; WETLAND; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NATURAL RESOURCE; RIVER;

CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; NATURAL RESOURCES; RIVERS; WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 84938306425     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0128960     Document Type: Article

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