Progress and prospects of integrated physical geography in China

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 659-672

  Fu, Bo Jie ^a   Lu, Yi He ^a   Chen, Li Ding ^a   Li, Jimmy ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

China; Geography; Land classification and evaluation; Land use cover change; Man nature interaction; Physical geographical regionalization

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE; GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAND CLASSIFICATION; LAND COVER; LAND EVALUATION; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY; REGIONALIZATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33947392872     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309133306071900     Document Type: Review

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