Upstream-downstream linkages of hydrological processes in the Himalayan region

Ecological Processes

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Nepal, Santosh ^a   Flügel, Wolfgang Albert ^b   Shrestha, Arun Bhakta ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Geoinformatics; Himalayan region; Integrated land and water resources management; Integrated systems analysis; Physical linkages; Value of environmental services

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EROSION; INTEGRATED CONTROL; LAND USE; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; WATERSHEDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES; GEO-INFORMATICS; HIMALAYAN REGION; INTEGRATED SYSTEMS; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

RIVERS;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; INFORMATICS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; RIVER BASIN; STAKEHOLDER; STREAMFLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT;

HIMALAYAS;

EID: 84955645708     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21921709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13717-014-0019-4     Document Type: Article

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