Land use dynamics and policy implications in the Jinghe watershed of western China: A critical assessment from local perspectives

Natural Resources Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 859-879

  Zhen, Lin ^a   Yang, Li ^b   Xie, Gaodi ^b   Cheng, Shengkui ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CONSERVATION PLANNING; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; GRASSLAND; LAND EVALUATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PERCEPTION; POLICY MAKING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATERSHED;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 34447528601     PISSN: 00280739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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