The ASSESS-HKH project: Context, approaches, objectives and results

• Authors: STUBAUER I.; MOOG O.; HERING D.; KORTE T.; HOFFMANN A.; BRABEC Karel; SHARMA S.; SHRESTHA M.; KAHLOWN M. A.; TAHIR M. A.; KUMAR A.; SHARMA M. P.; BARI M. F.; BADRUZZAMAN A. B. M.; CHHOPEL G. K.
• Year of publication: 2008
• Type: Article in Proceedings
• Conference: Proceedings of the Scientific Conference "Rivers in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya - Ecology & Environmental Assessment"
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• web: http://www.assess-hkh.at/downloads/hkh_proceedings.pdf
• Field: Ecology
• Keywords: assessment system; ecological status; river quality; benthic invertebrates; sustainable water management
• Description: The main objective of ASSESS-HKH project is to develop and apply a biological assessment system to evaluate the ecological river quality and provide scientific basis for identification of sustainable water policy options and management strategies.