Fluctuations of the semi-arid zone in China, and consequences for society

Climatic Change

Volumn 72, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 171-188

  Yang, Jianping ^a   Ding, Yongjian ^a   Chen, Rensheng ^a   Liu, Lianyou ^b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EVAPORATION; FLOODS;

ARIDITY; INTER-DECADAL FEATURES; MONSOON; WATER-DEFICIENCY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SEMIARID REGION;

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

EID: 26444532858     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-005-6858-3     Document Type: Article

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