Karst Spring Protection for the Sustainable and Healthy Living: The Examples of Niangziguan Spring and Shuishentang Spring in Shanxi, China

Exposure and Health

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 153-165

  He, Xiaodong ^a   Wu, Jianhua ^a   Guo, Wenyu ^a  

^a CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Groundwater pollution; Groundwater resources; Karst spring; Mann Kendall trend test; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; KARST HYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SPRING (HYDROLOGY); SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; NIANGZIGUAN SPRING; SHANXI;

EID: 85059535871     PISSN: 24519766     EISSN: 24519685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12403-018-00295-4     Document Type: Article

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