Land-use change: Impacts of climate variations and policies among small-scale farmers in the Loess Plateau, China

Land Use Policy

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 361-371

  Ostwald, Madelene ^a   Chen, Deliang ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b China Meteorological Administration   (China)

Author keywords

China; Climate variations; Impacts; Land use change; Loess plateau; Policies; Vegetation variations

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LAND USE CHANGE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 33745640779     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2005.04.004     Document Type: Article

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