The socio-economic benefits of establishing National Geoparks in China

Episodes

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 302-309

  Zhao, Xun ^a   Zhao, Ting ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOLOGY; HERITAGE CONSERVATION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; TYPE LOCALITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 1342289262     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/2003/v26i4/006     Document Type: Article

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