Dust Storm as an Environmental Problem in North China

Environmental Management

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 413-417

  Chen, Yufu ^a   Cai, Qiangguo ^a   Tang, Haiping ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dust storms; Human activities; Land degradation; N. China

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; DETERIORATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; METEOROLOGY; SEDIMENTS; STORMS;

BIOPHYSICS; DUST STORMS;

DUST;

DUST; EROSION CONTROL; LAND DEGRADATION; STABILIZATION; STORM;

CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEGRADATION; DISASTER; DUST; DUST STORM; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENT; LAND BIOME; METEOROLOGY; REVIEW; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DUST; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; NATURAL DISASTERS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 1642499229     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-003-0042-1     Document Type: Review

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