National and regional-level human-environment (ecosystems) interactions: Some empirical evidence from China

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 571-592

  Shi, Hua ^a   Singh, Ashbindu ^b   Kant, Shashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Division of Early Warning and Assessment North America   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 22144444941     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640560500128509     Document Type: Article

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