Spatial pattern of rural settlements in the upper reaches of the Minjiang River

Journal of Mountain Science

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 146-154

  Feng, Wenlan ^a,b   Li, Ainong ^a,b   Zhou, Wancun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

China; GIS; Maoxian County; Rural settlement; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447099079     PISSN: 16726316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11629-007-0146-9     Document Type: Article

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