Economic development and agricultural land loss in the Pearl River Delta, China

Habitat International

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 373-390

  Yeh, Anthony Gar On ^a   Li, Xia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Agricultural land loss; China; Urban encroachment; Urban sprawl

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; LAND USE; URBANIZATION;

CHINA; PEARL RIVER DELTA;

EID: 0033198162     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-3975(99)00013-2     Document Type: Article

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