Riverscapes downstream of hydropower dams: Effects of altered flows and historical land-use change

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 153, Issue , 2016, Pages 83-98

  Aguiar, Francisca Constança ^a   Martins, Maria João ^a   Silva, Pedro Cristiano ^a   Fernandes, Maria Rosário ^a  

^a Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Historical imagery; Land use and land cover change; Landscape metrics; Riparian cover change; Run of river dams; Storage reservoirs

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; BUFFER STORAGE; DAMS; LAND USE; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

HISTORICAL IMAGERY; LAND USE AND LAND COVER CHANGE; LANDSCAPE METRICS; RIPARIAN COVER CHANGE; RUN OF RIVERS; STORAGE RESERVOIRS;

RIVERS;

DAM; EDGE EFFECT; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; HISTORICAL RECORD; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; IMAGERY; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NUMERICAL METHOD; PATCH DYNAMICS; RESERVOIR; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER BANK; RIVER SYSTEM; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AZORES; FURNAS; PORTUGAL; SAO MIGUEL; TOUVEDO DAM; VIANA DO CASTELO [PORTUGAL];

EID: 84968862784     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2016.04.009     Document Type: Article

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