Water Ecotope Classification for integrated water management in the Netherlands

European Water Management Online

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Van Der Molen, D T ^a   Geilen, N ^a   Backx, J J G M ^a   Jansen, B J M ^b   Wolfert, H P ^c  

^a INST INLAND WATER MGMT WASTE W   (Netherlands)

^b Meetkundige Dienst   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Classification; Conditional factor; Ecotope; Landscape ecological unit; Spatial planning

Indexed keywords

CANALS; ECOLOGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGY; LAKES; LAND USE; RIVERS;

COASTAL WATERS; CONDITIONAL FACTOR; ECOTOPE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGICAL UNIT; SPATIAL PLANNING;

WATER CONSERVATION;

EID: 9644268286     PISSN: 14616971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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