Impact of urbanization on the sediment yield in tropical watershed using temporal land-use changes and a GIS-based model
Abundant rainfall areas promote sediment yield at both sub-watershed and watershed scale due to soil erosion and increase siltation of river channel, but it can be curtailed through planned urbanization. The urbanization of Skudai watershed is analysed from historical and future perspective. A GIS-b...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Institute for Land Reclamation and Grassland Farming,
2017.
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