A study on landscape mosaic structure in Urban-Rural area in Northwest of China with RS and GIS-A case study of Xigu district in Lanzhou city

Chinese Geographical Science

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 366-376

  Xu, Jian Hua ^a,b   Lu, Yan ^a   Nan Shan, Ai ^c   Yue, Wen Ze ^d  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Gansu province ^*

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fractal; Landscape mosaic; Spatial structure; Xigu district in lanzhou city

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845506171     PISSN: 10020063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11769-001-0053-x     Document Type: Article

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