Resolving the conflicts between biodiversity conservation and socioeconomic development in China: Fuzzy clustering approach

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2813-2827

  Lu, Yihe ^a   Fu, Bojie ^a   Chen, Liding ^a   Ouyang, Zhiyun ^a   Xu, Jianying ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; China; Conflict resolution; Fuzzy c means clustering (FCM); Socioeconomic development

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SICHUAN; WENCHUAN;

EID: 33749643475     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-005-3016-1     Document Type: Article

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