A participatory approach for integrated conservation planning in a small catchment in Loess Plateau, China: Part II. Analysis and findings

Catena

Volumn 54, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 271-288

  Hoang Fagerstrom M H ^a   Messing, I ^a   Wen, Z M ^b   Trouwborst, K O ^c   Xu, M X ^b   Zang, X P ^b   Olsson, C ^a   Andersson, C ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

China; Farming systems; Land evaluation; Loess plateau; Participatory; Small catchment

Indexed keywords

FARMING SYSTEM; LAND EVALUATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SOIL EROSION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 0348019134     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0341-8162(03)00069-9     Document Type: Article

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