Mapping headwater systems using a HS-GIS model. An application to landscape structure and land use planning in Portugal

Selma Beatriz Pena, Manuela Raposo Magalhães and Maria Manuela Abreu

Land Use Policy, 2018, vol. 71, issue C, 543-553

Abstract: The Headwater System (HS) is defined as the area between the ridge line, and the beginning of the channel network. The HS have high importance in the hydrological, geomorphological, and biological processes of the drainage basin. It is crucial to map HS areas in order to define the suitable land uses in the landscape related policies.

Keywords: Water quality; Ecosystem protection; Drainage basin; Landscape equilibrium; Green infrastructure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.11.009

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