Anticipating and managing engineering problems in the complex karst environment

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 7823-7835

  Parise, Mario ^a   Closson, Damien ^b   Gutiérrez, Francisco ^c   Stevanović, Zoran ^d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Aquifer; Floods; Hazards; Karst; Management; Pollution; Sinkholes

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COMPLEX NETWORKS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DRAINAGE; FLOODS; FLOW OF WATER; GEOLOGY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HAZARDS; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAND USE; MANAGEMENT; POLLUTION; POTABLE WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; ENGINEERING STRUCTURES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; INVESTIGATION METHODS; KARST; SINKHOLES; SUBSURFACE DRAINAGES; SUBSURFACE ENVIRONMENT;

LANDFORMS;

AQUIFER; DESIGN; DRAINAGE; DRINKING WATER; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; FLOOD DAMAGE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; KARST; NATURAL RESOURCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TYPOLOGY;

EID: 84949098323     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-015-4647-5     Document Type: Article

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