Simulation of land use impacts on sediment and nutrient transfer in coastal areas of Western Cape, South Africa

A major challenge for water resource management in Western Cape, South Africa, is the reduction of the growing sediment and nutrient loads in coastal areas, which belong to the areas most affected by land use change. We used the WebGIS based software STOFFBILANZ to simulate runoff, soil loss, sedime...

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Main Authors: Gebel Micha, Bürger Stephan, Wallace Michael, Malherbe Hanlie, Vogt Hannah, Lorz Carsten
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2017-01-01
Series:Change and Adaptation in Socio-Ecological Systems
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Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/cass.2017.3.issue-1/cass-2017-0001/cass-2017-0001.xml?format=INT