Watershed health assessment using the pressure–state–response (PSR) framework

• Published in: Land degradation & development Vol. 31; no. 1; pp. 3 - 19
• Main Authors: Hazbavi, Zeinab, Sadeghi, Seyed Hamidreza, Gholamalifard, Mehdi, Davudirad, Ali Akbar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 15.01.2020
• Subjects: Anthropogenic factors; climatic factors; ecosystem degradation; health determinants; health effects assessments; healthy watershed; Human factors; humans; hydrologic factors; Hydrology; Indicators; Mathematical analysis; productive watershed; subwatersheds; watershed behavioural health; Watersheds

A pressure–state–response framework was customized to outline the watershed health (WH) concept. To achieve this, the watershed indicators of pressure, state (S), and response (R) were conceptualized according to 17 climatic, anthropogenic, and hydrologic criteria. Four node years of 1986, 1998, 200...