Land use and soil erosion in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River: Some socio-economic considerations on China's Grain-for-Green Programme

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 589-603

  Long, H L ^a,b   Heilig, G K ^b   Wang, J ^a   Li, X B ^c   Luo, M ^a   Wu, X Q ^d   Zhang, M ^b,c  

^a Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

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

^d BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; GIS; Grain for Green Programme; Land use; Sloping farmland; Soil erosion; Yangtze River

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; EROSION; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; SLOPE STABILITY;

GRAIN-FOR-GREEN PROGRAMME; PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA; SLOPING FARMLAND;

SOIL MECHANICS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; GIS; LAND USE CHANGE; SLOPE; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; SLOPE; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MECHANICS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SICHUAN; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 33845585630     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.736     Document Type: Article

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