Mapping technological and biophysical capacities of watersheds to regulate floods

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 61, Issue , 2016, Pages 483-499

  Mogollón, Beatriz ^a   Villamagna, Amy M ^b   Frimpong, Emmanuel A ^c   Angermeier, Paul L ^c  

^a Low Carbon Resilient Development Program   (Colombia)

^b PLYMOUTH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Flood duration and magnitude; Flood regulation; Mapping; Technological replacement

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; FLOOD CONTROL; MAPPING; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

BIOPHYSICAL INDICATORS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FLOOD DURATION; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; LANDSCAPE INDICATORS; RUNOFF CURVE NUMBERS; TECHNOLOGICAL FEATURE; TECHNOLOGICAL REPLACEMENT;

FLOODS;

BIOPHYSICS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOW REGULATION; MAPPING; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; WATERSHED;

EID: 84949729170     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.09.049     Document Type: Article

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