Regulating mine land reclamation in developing countries: The case of China

Land Use Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 472-483

  Cao, Xia ^a,b  

^a SHANXI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

China; Developing countries; Legislation and regulation; Mine land reclamation

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; LAND RECLAMATION; LEGISLATION; MINING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33847099565     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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