Assessing farmland protection policy in China

Land Use Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-68

  Lichtenberg, Erik ^a   Ding, Chengri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Farmland conversion; Farmland preservation; Food security; Land allocation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD SECURITY; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 34447092585     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2006.01.005     Document Type: Article

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