Urban land expansion and arable land loss of the major cities in China in the 1990s

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1492-1500

  Tan, Minghong ^a   Li, Xiubin ^a   Lu, Changhe ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Arable land loss; China; Neighboring index I(i) ; Regional difference; Urban construction land expansion

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PERSONNEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBAN PLANNING;

CONSTRUCTION LAND; LAND EXPANSION; LAND LOSS;

LAND USE;

ARABLE LAND; CONSTRUCTION; LAND USE CHANGE; REGIONAL PATTERN; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33751029421     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03yd0374     Document Type: Article

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