Optimal thresholds of urban economic development and urbanization under scarce water resources in arid northwest China

Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2413-2422

  Fang, Chuang Lin ^a   Qiao, Biao ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Guarantee extent; Hexi Corridor; Restraint of water resource; Threshold of urban economic development; Threshold of urbanization

Indexed keywords

EID: 26244446403     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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