Building Virtual Watersheds: A Global Opportunity to Strengthen Resource Management and Conservation

Environmental Management

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 722-739

  Benda, Lee ^a   Miller, Daniel ^a   Barquin, Jose ^b   McCleary, Richard ^c   Cai, TiJiu ^d   Ji, Y ^d  

^a TerrainWorks   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS INSTITUTE IH CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^c RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^d NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Conservation; Landscape analysis; Modeling; Resource management; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HISTORIC PRESERVATION; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; MODELS; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SURVEYING; VIRTUAL ADDRESSES; WATERSHEDS;

CONSERVATION STRATEGIES; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DIGITAL REPRESENTATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM SOLVING; HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS;

RIVERS;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DIGITIZATION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; NETWORK ANALYSIS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RIVER SYSTEM; WATERSHED;

CANADA; CHINA; MODEL; ORGANIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RIVER; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SPAIN; UNIVERSITY; WATERSHED; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

CANADA; CHINA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SPAIN; UNITED STATES;

CANADA; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RIVERS; SPAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84957964255     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-015-0634-6     Document Type: Article

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