Land use change and its driving forces on the Tibetan Plateau during 1990-2000

Catena

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 56-66

  Wang, Xiuhong ^a   Zheng, Du ^a   Shen, Yuancun ^a  

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

Author keywords

Arid zone; China; Fragmentation; Land use change; Landscape metrics; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC REFORM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FRAGMENTATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE PROTECTION;

ASIA; CHINA; DULAN; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 35349014582     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2007.04.003     Document Type: Article

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