Land use change and land degradation in China from 1991 to 2001

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 209-219

  Zhang, K ^a   Yu, Z ^a   Li, X ^b   Zhou, W ^c   Zhang, D ^b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b China Land Surveying and Planning Institute   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

China; Land degradation; Land use change; Land use survey

Indexed keywords

CHINA; DEFORESTATION; DEGRADATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND RECLAMATION; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WETLANDS;

DESERTIFICATION; GRASSLAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE CHANGE; SECONDARY SALINISATION;

LAND USE;

DESERTIFICATION; GIS; LAND COVER; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE CHANGE; SALINIZATION;

CHINA; DEFORESTATION; DEGRADATION; GRASS LANDS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND RECLAMATION; LAND USE; SALINITY; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 34147202648     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.757     Document Type: Article

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